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"A First Look at Teaching": The Impact of a Tutorial Program on First-Grade Children and Their Tutors
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Pletcher, Bethanie C.; Nicol, Marilyn; Harper, Tracy; Hollenbaugh, Michelle; Johnson, Robin; Staples, Michele – Reading Psychology, 2023
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine the effects of a tutorial program on first-grade children's reading skills and their tutors' (also preservice teachers) knowledge of reading instruction. Participants consisted of a group of 30 first-grade children served in the program and a control group of 30 children. Literacy…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Tutoring, Tutors, Elementary School Teachers
Their Words, Their Worlds: Critical Literacy in Bilingual Spaces
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Batista-Morales, Nathaly S.; Salmerón, Cori; DeJulio, Samuel – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
Historically, the teaching of literacy in American classrooms has been "restricted to formalized, monolingual, monocultural and ruled-governed forms of language" (The New London Group, 1996, p. 60-61) which disproportionately negatively affects bilingual children of color. In this case study we aimed to understand how bilingual second…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary School Students
Beyond "Empty Verbalism": How Teacher Candidates Benefit from Blogging about a Tutoring Practicum
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Howard, Kathryn – CATESOL Journal, 2015
TESOL programs and courses around the world are increasingly offered partly or wholly online. Online instruction offers both new affordances and distinct challenges for effective instruction, particularly when it comes to supervising fieldwork. This article compares 2 distinct online formats for student reflections on their tutoring experiences in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Tutoring
Reading Rocks: Creating a Space for Preservice Teachers to Become Responsive Teachers
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Assaf, Lori Czop; Lopez, Minda – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2012
Set in a yearlong, school-based tutoring program, designed as a community of practice, we use qualitative methodology to examine how 14 preservice teachers learned to become responsive teachers. We focus on one question: In what ways does participating in a yearlong, supervised tutoring program mediate preservice teachers' learning about…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Caring, Communities of Practice, Preservice Teachers
Learning from the "Little Guys": What Do Middle and High School Preservice Teachers Learn from Tutoring Elementary Students?
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Massey, Dixie D.; Lewis, Jan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
As teacher educators, we continue to focus on tutoring experiences as ways to help tutors connect coursework to practice. This study presents a preservice tutoring program designed to provide a field-based experience where the tutors would be able to (a) learn about literacy instruction, (b) use a multitude of assessment data rather than…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Tutors, Data Analysis, Literacy
Learning on the Job: Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Participating in a Literacy Tutorial Program.
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Worthy, Jo; Prater, Sheryl – National Reading Conference Yearbook, 1998
Finds that preservice teachers in a reading-methods class felt that working with elementary students in a one-to-one tutorial program made them knowledgeable and confident, especially having continuous opportunities to put theory into practice, with support from more experienced and knowledgeable others; developing close and caring relationships…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Methods Courses