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When Less May Be More: A 2-Year Longitudinal Evaluation of a Volunteer Tutoring Program Requiring Minimal Training.

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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

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies: Making Classrooms More Responsive to Diversity.

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Fuchs, Douglas; And Others – 1996

A classwide peer tutoring program in reading, implemented at 12 elementary and middle schools in three contiguous districts in the middle of a southern state, was evaluated for its effectiveness with three learner types: low achievers with disabilities, low achievers without disabilities, and learners of average achievement. Twenty teachers…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness