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Promoting Success in High School World History: Peer Tutoring versus Guided Notes.
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Spencer, Vicky; Fontana, Judith – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
A study compared the reading fluency, comprehension strategies, and content test scores of 16 students with mild disabilities who participated in a nine-week world history class taught using peer tutoring or teacher-directed guided notes. Students who were participated in peer tutoring significantly outperformed the other students on content-area…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, History Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Timing and Intensity of Tutoring: A Closer Look at the Conditions for Effective Early Literacy Tutoring.
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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Peyton, Julia A.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A study compared students at risk for reading disabilities who were provided phonics-based instruction in first grade (n=13), students tutored in comprehension skills in second grade (n=10), and students tutored in both grades (n=26). Students tutored only in first grade performed better than those also tutored in second grade. (Contains…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education
Explicitly Teaching for Transfer: Effects on the Mathematical Problem-Solving Performance of Students with Mathematics Disabilities.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Hamlett, Carol L.; Appleton, Amanda C. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A small-group mathematical problem-solving tutorial treatment with explicit instruction including transfer to novel problems was evaluated with 40 students. On word problems and transfer word problems, tutoring effected reliably stronger growth, although effects on real-world problem solving, while moderate to large, were not statistically…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness