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Increasing Academic Skills of Students with Autism Using Fifth Grade Peers as Tutors.
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Kamps, Debra; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
Nonhandicapped fifth-grade students conducted tutoring sessions in math, language, and reading for two elementary-aged children with autism. Results demonstrated that normal peers could effectively increase academic behaviors of autistic students through tutoring activities. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autism, Intermediate Grades, Peer Teaching
A Program Description and Evaluation of Academic Peer Tutoring for Reading Skills of Children with Special Needs.
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Ezell, Helen K.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1994
Seven peer tutoring interventions involving 14 elementary grade children with special needs were conducted to improve reading accuracy, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Interventions were conducted in four settings. Results showed that children's academic responding was greater during peer tutoring than during routine classroom instruction.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Peer Teaching
Training and Implementation Requirements Associated with the Use of a Classwide Peer Tutoring System.
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Maheady, Larry; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1991
This study of 8 elementary school teachers implementing classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) with 198 pupils found that teachers reached training criteria in approximately 90 minutes; teachers continued to use CWPT accurately without consultative assistance; 4 teachers extended CWPT's use to nontrained content areas; and positive academic and consumer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Supporting the Inclusion of Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities in Junior High School General Education Classes: The Effects of Classwide Peer Tutoring, Multi-Element Curriculum, and Accommodations.
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McDonnell, John; Mathot-Buckner, Connie; Thorson, Nadine; Fister, Susan – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
This study examined effects of an intervention consisting of a classwide peer tutoring program, multi-element curriculum, and accommodations on the academic responding and competing behaviors of three students with severe disabilities enrolled in general junior high school classes. Results indicated improved academic responding and reduced rates…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Inclusive Schools
Teaching First Grade Peer Tutors to Use Verbal Praise on an Intermittent Schedule.
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Heward, William L.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1986
Within the context of an ongoing classwide peer tutoring system for sight words, a training program was conducted to teach first-grade peer tutors to provide verbal praise for correct responses on an intermittent schedule. After training, the four observed tutors successfully delivered praise on the desired schedule. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Peer Teaching, Positive Reinforcement
A Replication of Collateral Effects and a Component Analysis of a Successful Tutoring Package for Inner-City Adolescents.
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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
Somos Todos Ayudantes y Estudiantes: A Demonstration of a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program in a Modified Spanish Class for Secondary Students Identified as Learning Disabled or Academically At-Risk.
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Wright, Jane E.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
Sixteen students with learning disabilities or at risk of failure in foreign language study participated in a peer tutoring program with Spanish vocabulary. The classwide reciprocal peer tutoring system was found to be a feasible component of foreign language instruction, as high levels of Spanish words were learned and maintained, and incidental…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, High Schools, Incidental Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Monitoring, Improving, and Maintaining Quality Implementation of the Classwide Peer Tutoring Program Using Behavioral and Computer Technology.
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Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
A computerized teacher/advisor for a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program was developed, and initial tests were conducted. This paper reports the development of the system and results of two small-scale tests of its accuracy and its use by teachers. Implications of combining behavioral and computer technology in assessing fidelity of treatment are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Expert Systems