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Effective Tutoring in America Reads: A Reply to Wasik.
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Topping, Keith – Reading Teacher, 1998
Responds to an article in the April 1998 issue of this journal. Shares evidence about the effectiveness of peer tutoring. Discusses literacy tutoring of K-3 emergent readers by volunteers. Explains why tutoring is not teaching, and offers a model for successful tutoring practices. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Models
Developing a Common Language: A Response to Topping.
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Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 1998
Replies to an article in the same issue of this journal, which responded to this author's earlier article. Elaborates two fundamental points of disagreement (the definition of tutoring and the characteristics of the children being tutored). (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, Models, Peer Teaching