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ERIC Number: EJ963698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-5984
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Small-Group, Computer-Assisted Tutoring to Improve Reading Outcomes for Struggling First and Second Graders
Bette Chambers; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Philip Abrami; Michele K. Logan; Richard Gifford
Elementary School Journal, v111 n4 p625-640 Jun 2011
This study evaluated the relative effects of Tier II computer-assisted tutoring in small groups (Team Alphie) and one-to-one tutoring provided to struggling readers in 33 high-poverty Success for All (SFA) schools. In this year-long study, struggling readers in the Team Alphie schools were tutored in groups of 6. In the control schools, students were tutored using the standard one-to-one tutoring process used in SFA. Analyses of covariance of students' standardized reading scores indicated that the first-grade treatment group significantly outperformed the control group on all 3 reading measures, with no significant differences for second graders. Schools using Team Alphie were able to tutor many more students than the control schools. This study shows that a computer-assisted, small-group tutoring program may be at least as effective as one-to-one tutoring and serve more struggling readers. It may serve as a good example of Tier II instruction in a response to intervention (RTI) model. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Grade 2
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado; Florida; Georgia; Massachusetts; Mississippi; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Texas; Washington
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A040082
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations
Author Affiliations: N/A