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Classwide Peer Tutoring: An Integration Strategy to Improve Reading Skills and Promote Peer Interactions among Students with Autism and General Education Peers.
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Kamps, Debra M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
A multiple baseline design was used to examine the effects of classwide peer tutoring relative to traditional reading instruction on reading skills and social interaction time for three high-functioning students with autism and their typical peers in integrated elementary classrooms. Results revealed increased reading fluency and reading…
Descriptors: Autism, Elementary Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Reading Recovery: Myth and Reality.
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Wade, Barrie – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article describes Marie Clay's Reading Recovery program which provides one-half hour daily of individual instruction in reading to a school's lowest achievers. Data demonstrating the program's effectiveness and student skill maintenance are summarized. The approach is seen to be especially suitable for mainstreamed children with special…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
The Research-to-Practice Ball Game: Classwide Peer Tutoring and Teacher Interest, Implementation, and Modifications.
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Vadasy, Patricia F.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Varying levels of inservice training and support in use of classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) were provided for 44 elementary teachers whose classes included students with learning disabilities. Analysis of teachers' survey responses, teachers' classroom observations, and interviews of six implementors indicated that level of support did not…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools