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Ares, Nancy – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2010
O'Connor and Penuel (2010) argue that viewing research in education as a human science requires explicit attention to social, cultural, historical, and institutional dimensions of human activity, to the agency of participants in learning research, and to the importance of incorporating "emic" perspectives that shift the voice of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Mesler, Leigh – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: A review of the literature demonstrates that grade retention often fails to improve the academic and socioemotional outcomes of retained students. Although little empirical work on peer tutoring has focused specifically on retained students, the literature suggests that those students who act as peer tutors often experience…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Intervention, Action Research