Preventing Early Reading Failure with One-to-One Tutoring: A Review of Five Programs.

Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Preventing Early Reading Failure with One-to-One Tutoring: A Review of Five Programs.

Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E.

Reading Research Quarterly, v28 n2 p178-200 Apr-Jun 1993

Reviews 16 studies of 5 1-to-one tutoring models (Reading Recovery, Success for All, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Wallach Tutoring Program, and Programmed Tutorial Reading) used with at-risk first graders. Finds (1) substantial positive effects of tutoring; (2) effects of tutoring are generally lasting; and (3) results were more positive when certified teachers were used. (RS)

Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Failure, Reading Research, Remedial Reading, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED507313; ED477483; ED505962

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