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Direct linkAbbondanza, Mark A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) supplemental reading program to determine if there was an increase in sixth grade students' reading comprehension, oral fluency, and attitude toward reading, specifically when reading nonfiction text. One-hundred sixty-four…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Peer Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedVan Keer, Hilde; Vanderlinde, Ruben – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
The present study explores the impact of an experimental reading intervention focusing on explicit reading strategy instruction and cross-age peer tutoring on third and sixth graders' reading strategy awareness, cognitive and metacognitive reading strategy use, and reading comprehension achievement. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Standardized Tests
Download full textBotes, Hendrik; Mji, Andile – South African Journal of Education, 2010
Language and education are interrelated because all teaching is given through the medium of language. Language is considered to be both a precondition for thought and a bearer of thought and therefore influences the extent to which a child's intelligence is actualised. In the South African context linguistic diversity is a complex issue. It has…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Mathematics Instruction, English (Second Language), Quasiexperimental Design
Topping, Keith J.; Kearney, Maura; McGee, Edward; Pugh, John – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
A pilot study is reported of a generic method for tutoring in mathematics, intended to be suitable for use by peers, parents and volunteers in a wide range of applications. Thirty children aged 9-10 years of below average mathematical ability were randomly allocated to experimental or control conditions. Experimental tutees (n=17) were tutored in…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Mathematics Tests
