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Banta, Trudy W.; Shoun, Sandra – Tennessee Education, 1981
Evaluation of Lenoir City, Tennessee pilot program using 14 retirees to tutor fourth and seventh graders one-to-one in reading using Laubach Reading Method indicated that fourth graders were more positive about the program; Laubach materials were too easy; and pre- and posttutoring California Achievement Test scores did not support reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 7, Individual Instruction
Download full textBanta, Trudy W.; Lawson, Sandra S. – 1980
In September 1978, the Lenoir City (Tennessee) school system initiated in two elementary schools a volunteer tutoring program called the Retirement Power in Education Project (RPIE). Fourteen volunteers, including twelve retirees, were trained to use Laubach reading materials in tutoring fourth and seventh graders. In evaluating the project one…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Development
