ERIC Number: EJ949427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Training Parents as Effective Literacy Tutors: Increasing the Procedural Integrity of Tutoring
Casey, Laura Baylot; Williamson, Robert
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v19 n3 p257-276 2011
We trained parents to tutor their child through implementing a repeated reading procedure designed to increase oral reading fluency. Our study was conducted over a two-week winter break at the homes of the parent and child. Baseline data for each child were collected using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) to determine an instructional reading level prior to the tutoring session. Following baseline, we trained parents as tutors to implement all aspects of the reading procedure including administering, scoring, and recording data. All sessions were audio recorded to assist with the data collection, scoring, treatment integrity, and interobserver agreement (IOA). According to results from our study, parent tutors were able to accurately score the reading probes and implement the repeated reading procedure with a high level of treatment fidelity following the training. In addition, parents were satisfied with the tutoring experience and the reading fluency for all children increased at the completion of the tutoring sessions. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Reading, Integrity, Scoring, Tutors, Tutoring, Oral Reading, Data Collection, Parents, Outcomes of Education, Parent Attitudes, Fidelity, Auditory Stimuli, Audio Equipment, Mothers, Children, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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