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Simmons, Deborah C.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Effects of instructional complexity and role reciprocity within classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) programs were examined with a total of 119 students (learning disabled, low achieving, or normally achieving) in grades 2 through 5. Students in all CWPT conditions outperformed controls on a reading fluency measure; however only those in CWPT with role…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement, Peer Teaching
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Torgesen, Joseph K.; Alexander, Ann W.; Wagner, Richard K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Voeller, Kytja K. S.; Conway, Tim – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
Sixty children (ages 8-10) with severe reading disabilities received daily intensive one-to-one instruction that differed in depth and extent of instruction in phonemic awareness and phonemic decoding. Both approaches were highly effective in improving reading accuracy and comprehension although measures of reading rate showed continued severe…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individual Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention