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Topping, Keith J.; Bryce, Angela – Educational Psychology, 2004
Outcomes for methods to accelerate thinking skills involving some peer interaction have been more consistently positive than those for purely teacher-directed or materials-led methods. However, methods involving mainly or only peer interaction are rare. This paper describes and evaluates such a method for peer tutoring in thinking skills, which…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teamwork, Thinking Skills, Reading Skills
McKinstery, Janie; Topping, Keith J. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
Teaching thinking skills has been characterised by the teacher-directed "embedded", "infusion" and "bolt-on" approaches, for which outcomes have been mixed. Peer tutoring in thinking skills offers a fourth way of wide applicability. This study evaluated such a method (Paired Thinking) in a high school setting. A…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, Peer Teaching, Tutoring