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Hickey, Andrea J.; Flynn, Robert J. – Oxford Review of Education, 2019
We evaluated the effects of TutorBright tutoring on the reading and mathematics skills of children in family foster care, examined several potential moderators of the impact of tutoring, and explored possible 'spill-over' effects on the children's executive functioning and behavioural difficulties and on their caregivers' level of involvement in…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Foster Care, Tutorial Programs, Reading Skills
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Smith, Cheryl – Educational Review, 2000
When trainee teachers conducted an intervention with 35 South African boys in a homeless shelter, the boys' science, English, and math achievement improved by up to 110%. The boys also made social and emotional gains. Student teachers' reflective diaries indicated how they benefitted as well. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – 1993
The Talk to a Literacy Learner (TTALL) program was developed in response to a New South Wales (Australia) government initiative, and is designed to focus on parents and the strategies they use to interact with their children as they read and write. An 8-week parent workshop on literacy development and a community tutor program trained selected…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education