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Burley, Suzanne; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1994
Evaluation of using a hearing peer tutor to provide daily 20-minute math instruction for a profoundly deaf sixth-grade girl indicated that the peer tutoring intervention was highly successful, with the tutee meeting accuracy criteria for each of 4 curriculum objectives after only a brief period of intervention. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Intervention
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Kohler, Frank W.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
Comparison of effects of two roles (peer monitor or point earner) during an independent mathematics seat work peer intervention on the behavior of three low achieving fifth graders found students demonstrated comparable improvements in appropriate task behavior during both roles with no clear improvements in assignment completion or accuracy rate.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Intermediate Grades, Intervention, Low Achievement
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Ginsburg-Block, Marika; Fantuzzo, John – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Investigated the relationship between peer-tutoring interactions of dyads and experience in a reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) program in mathematics. Analysis of 40 at-risk fourth- and fifth-grade students indicates that RPT participants displayed significantly higher rates of mathematics achievement, social acceptance, and other favorable measures…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Cooke, Nancy L.; Reichard, Shannon M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Six fifth-grade students with learning and/or behavioral/emotional disabilities received peer tutoring on multiplication and division facts using 3 drill and practice conditions varying in the ratio of unknown to known facts (30:70, 50:50, and 70:30). Five of the students mastered facts at a faster rate in the 70% unknown/30% known condition. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Difficulty Level, Division, Drills (Practice)
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McCaslin, Mary; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1994
Examined fourth graders' affective experiences and achievement outcomes in small-group learning in mathematics. Students reported that personal experiences changed with increased exposure to their small group and were adaptively reconstructed upon delayed reflection. There were no results associated with individual student gender; group gender…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Miller, Robin; And Others – Instructor, 1993
This "Instructor" Supplement on middle school education, presents articles on new research and materials, adolescent development, reasons for teaching middle school, moving toward a middle school curriculum, peer teaching, multimedia software, murder mysteries, ancient China, geometry, teamwork, descriptive writing, literature, problem solving,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Teaching, Cultural Awareness