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McCarthy, Richard M.; Stodden, Robert A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979
A student tutoring program in which nonhandicapped secondary students worked with their handicapped peers is described as a successful experiment in reverse mainstreaming. (CL)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions

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

McDonnell, John; Mathot-Buckner, Connie; Thorson, Nadine; Fister, Susan – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
This study examined effects of an intervention consisting of a classwide peer tutoring program, multi-element curriculum, and accommodations on the academic responding and competing behaviors of three students with severe disabilities enrolled in general junior high school classes. Results indicated improved academic responding and reduced rates…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Inclusive Schools

Maheady, Larry; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
Fourteen mildly handicapped (learning-disabled or behavior-disordered) and 36 nondisabled students in grade 10 social studies classrooms participated in a classwide peer tutoring program. Performance on weekly tests was significantly improved; 60 percent of all students earned "A" grades, and failing grades were virtually eliminated. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Grade 10, High Schools
Holder, Barbara; Lister, Bob – 1982
A brief description is provided of a successful peer tutoring model implemented by Portsmouth High School (New Hampshire) in which student tutors volunteer to work under the direct supervision of the special educator on reading, math, science, and pre-vocational skills. Peer tutor responsibilities on assisting students in reading are presented,…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, High Schools, Human Resources, Mainstreaming
Asselin, Susan B.; Anderson, Alice – 1984
This study examined the variables that affect vocational teachers' implementation of an educational innovation--peer tutors for mainstreamed special education students. The researchers explored teachers' perceptions of the peer tutoring program prior to the inservice session, at the completion of a pilot test, and prior to the second year of…
Descriptors: Exceptional Persons, Inservice Teacher Education, Mainstreaming, Outcomes of Education

Allsopp, David H. – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
This study compared the effectiveness of using classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) in 14 heterogeneous eighth-grade math classrooms with traditional independent student practice to teach problem-solving skills to students in beginning algebra. Both CWPT and independent practice were equally effective strategies with students identified as at risk or…
Descriptors: Algebra, Drills (Practice), Grade 8, Heterogeneous Grouping
Morningside Coll., Sioux City, IA. – 1982
The final report describes the Winnebago (Nebraska) Behavior Analysis Program to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate services and strategies for improving the educational services to K-12 handicapped students in small, rural school districts. The program has four major components: the Curriculum Management System (to assist in assessing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

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
Jenkins, Joseph R.; Jenkins, Linda M. – 1982
Designed for use by teacher educators, this module provides a framework for examining current practice in training preservice teachers to deal with slow learners in the regular classroom. The focus is on establishing peer and cross-age tutoring programs. A rationale for tutoring is given by describing the relation between academic engaged time and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cross Age Teaching, Higher Education, Individual Instruction
Fiore, Thomas A.; Becker, Elizabeth A. – 1994
This report presents school-based interventions that teachers can employ in regular classrooms to educate students with attention deficit disorders (ADD). The report attempts to compensate for the limitations in the ADD research literature by extrapolating from research on other difficult-to-teach students to identify and describe academic and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Career Education, Classroom Environment
Schrag, Judy A. – 1993
This document reviews information and research findings regarding various options to facilitate the full inclusion of students with disabilities. Principles of inclusive schools introduce the document. Three categories of strategies and interventions for working with students with disabilities are included: (1) program strategies, (2) classroom…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs, Cooperative Learning