K-Pals: Helping Kindergartners with Reading Readiness: Teachers and Researchers in Partnerships.

Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Thompson, Anneke; Yen, Loulee; McMaster, Kristen N.; Svenson, Ebba; Yang, Nancy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ623198

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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K-Pals: Helping Kindergartners with Reading Readiness: Teachers and Researchers in Partnerships.

Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Thompson, Anneke; Yen, Loulee; McMaster, Kristen N.; Svenson, Ebba; Yang, Nancy J.

TEACHING Exceptional Children, v33 n4 p76-80 Mar-Apr 2001

This article describes a teacher-researcher collaboration, "Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies for Kindergartens," or K-PALS, which was the reading readiness program produced by the partnership. The development of K-PALS is discussed, along with research showing that it promotes young children's reading development and fits easily into classrooms. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Learning Strategies, Peer Teaching, Primary Education, Program Design, Program Development, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Research Utilization, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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