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McLaughlin, John Thomas – 1975
This study investigated the relative effectiveness of books on reading achievement scores when earned by under-achieving readers in a student tutoring program. Fifty-three fifth grade students who were in below grade level classroom reading groups and who scored from six months to three years below grade level on at least one of two reading…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Positive Reinforcement, Reading Achievement
Gibbs, Susan G. – 1982
The literature concerning tutoring in the elementary schools was surveyed and evaluated to determine the relative effectiveness of two types of programs--peer and cross-age tutoring. Studies involving each type of program were analyzed separately and effectiveness was judged by the gains in reading achievement experienced by both tutors and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching
Halls, William Alford – 1976
This study sought to determine the effect of the Grant Von Harrison Lay Tutor Program on low-achieving, sixth-grade students who became tutors and on low-achieving second graders who were tutored. Experimental groups and control groups of sixth graders were formed from a list provided by the principal. Students were pre- and posttested for reading…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Grade 2