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Fowler, Mary Claiborne; Lindemann, Laura M.; Thacker-Gwaltney, Susan; Invernizzi, Marcia – 2002
A study discusses the effects of a second year of one-on-one intervention on the literacy development of struggling second graders. Twenty-six children participated in the study and were assigned to either a second year of intervention or a control group that received no further intervention services. Participants in the intervention group…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
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Topping, K. J. – Higher Education, 1996
Different forms of peer tutoring within college and universities are described and compared for effectiveness, including cross-year and same-year small-group, individualized, supplemental, diadic, reciprocal, fixed-role, writing process, and distance tutoring. Three methods are found to be widely used, demonstrated effective, and meriting expanded…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cross Age Teaching
Roller, Cathy M. – 1998
Suggesting that the goal of having every child read by the end of third grade can be realized only if tutors are trained properly, this book describes best practices based on years of tutoring experience. Calling for tutor training programs to "do it right," the book outlines research in reading and writing development as a basis for the…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Developmental Stages, Instructional Effectiveness, Low Achievement
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Adams, Ronald; And Others – Writing Center Journal, 1987
Offers perspectives of four different writing lab personnel, namely: (1) a new peer tutor with writing skills but no formal training in teaching; (2) a graduate teaching assistant in writing with no tutoring experience; (3) an experienced tutor reflecting on what he wished he had been taught; and (4) a director-tutor sharing her lab experience.…
Descriptors: English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Effectiveness