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Huang, Leesa V.; Nelson, R. Brett; Nelson, Diana – California School Psychologist, 2008
In order to increase reading fluency, a research-based tutoring method using repeated reading was implemented over a 10-week period with two second-grade students. Two high school students were trained to be the tutors. In addition, one parent and one older sibling were trained to repeat the tutoring process at night. Treatment integrity was…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Fluency, Sight Vocabulary, Integrity
Murray, Beulah B. – Tenessee Education, 1973
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Parent Participation, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
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Moran, Patrick J. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Presents guidelines for training and supervision in junior college tutoring programs designed to improve reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
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Melaragno, Ralph J. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Description of tutoring programs now in progress, begins with the assumption that a majority of the nation's schools operate such programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
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Symula, James F. – Reading Improvement, 1975
Describes a successful reading program in New York which is designed to improve the reading skills of migrant children. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Migrant Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Improvement
Rivkin, Fredric A.; Dreiman, Martha – 1973
This program, included in Effective Reading Programs . . . serves approximately 500 pupils in kindergarten through grade six who are eligible for Title I services. About 50 percent of the students are black and about 50 percent are white. Pupil selection is based on low reading capability as determined by test scores, pupil performance, or teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Potter, Jana; Blankenship, Judy; Carlsmith, Laura – 1999
Considering 61 reading tutoring programs established in response to the "America Reads Challenge," this publication encourages all Americans to collaborate with classroom teachers and parents so that every child can read well and independently by the third grade. It discusses ways to build effective partnerships among the community, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Parent Participation, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Isaacs, L. M.; Stennett, R. G. – 1979
The results of a pilot study of a reading tutor program that had as its focus the creation of a suitable reporting system for insuring adequate implementation of the program are discussed in this paper. The use of learning resource teachers (LRTs) to train tutors, select tutees, monitor implementation, and establish home-based reinforcement is…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Harris, Connie; And Others – 1977
This paper describes four Arizona schools' peer tutoring programs in reading and study skills for specific content areas. The first, at West High School, stresses training of tutors in self-awareness and specific teaching techniques. A special time is set aside for tutoring; a waiting list attests to the program's success. At Central High School,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS), a language arts program that uses one-on-one mentoring to help low-achieving students improve reading and problem-solving skills. Goals of the program include improving academic achievement in reading; building student problem-solving skills; and improving student behavior,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Program Content
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Eckel, Jim – Journal of Reading, 1980
Shows how a structured tutoring program helped increase both student and tutor reading scores. (JT)
Descriptors: Organization, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
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Baker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Describes "Start Making a Reader Today" (SMART), a volunteer tutoring program that helps K-2 students at risk of reading difficulties. Finds that the program improved students' word reading, reading fluency, and word comprehension, though level of performance at end of second grade was still much lower than that of average-achieving…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Patberg, Judythe A. Pearson – 1974
In this paper, the development and the first three months of a reading program in which university students tutor junior high school students with reading skill deficiencies are described. In section 1, an introduction, the literacy problem that exists in the United States and the basic rationale for the tutoring approach as a solution to this…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Junior High School Students, Literacy, Program Descriptions
Dempsey, June – 1975
This paper offers many specific suggestions for improving community college reading instruction through counseling and content. Such topics are discussed as reading and writing laboratories; multimedia instruction; group instruction classes in basic reading skills, vocabulary and study skills, and analytical and critical reading; individualized…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Individual Counseling, Learning Laboratories
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