ERIC Number: EJ744705
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-988X
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Peer Tutoring, Individualized Intervention, and Progress Monitoring with At-Risk Second- Grade Readers
Green, Susan K.; Alderman, Gary; Liechty, Adam
Preventing School Failure, v49 n1 p11-17 Fall 2004
This study examined the effect on at-risk second graders of twice weekly peer-tutoring: sessions with repeated readings combined with once per week tutoring by a college student. The college student addressed onsets and rimes appearing in errors made by the second graders during peer tutoring and noted by the peer tutors. The authors monitored reading progress weekly using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) reading probes administered by graduate students from a local school psychology specialist program. Tutored students who completed the program attained a median gain of 30 words read correctly (WRC) over the 10-week period of the study. A comparison group showed a median gain of 20 words read correctly. Peer tutors and tutees consistently reported satisfaction with the experience. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, High Risk Students, Grade 2, Reading Improvement, Curriculum Based Assessment, Graduate Students, School Psychologists, Program Effectiveness, Reading Fluency, Intervention, Rhyme
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2
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Language: English
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