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An Analysis of In-Home Parent Tutoring Procedures: Effects on Children's Academic Behavior at Home and in School and on Parents' Tutoring Behaviors.

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Thurston, Linda P.; Dasta, Kathy – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990

Three studies involving tutoring of elementary children are reported. The first demonstrated that eight parents utilized oral reading tutoring procedures successfully after training. The other two found that home tutoring improved math and spelling performance of four children both during tutoring sessions and subsequently in school. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Outcomes of Education

Beyond Tokenism: Parents as Partners in Literacy Training.

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Cairney, Trevor H.; Munsie, Lynne – 1993

The Talk to a Literacy Learner (TTALL) program was developed in response to a New South Wales (Australia) government initiative, and is designed to focus on parents and the strategies they use to interact with their children as they read and write. An 8-week parent workshop on literacy development and a community tutor program trained selected…

Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education