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Greer, R. Douglas; Polirstok, Susan Rovet – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1982
Two experiments are reported concerning the effects of the differential use of verbal approval by problematic adolescents serving as tutors in a remedial reading program for an inner-city school. Data are discussed as evidence that tutors had acquired the ability to recruit reinforcement from the classroom for appropriate behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Junior High Schools, Peer Teaching, Reading Difficulties

Polirstok, Susan Rovet; Greer, R. Douglas – Education and Treatment of Children, 1986
Results of analyzing variables impacting the behavior of four ninth-grade poor-achieving tutors and 20 seventh-grade tutees with reading difficulties found that giving tutor points for reinforcing tutee responses was the most important component of the tutoring package for both tutors and tutees. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Inner City, Low Achievement