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Peer reviewedGreer, R. Douglas; Polirstok, Susan Rovet – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1982
Two experiments are reported concerning the effects of the differential use of verbal approval by problematic adolescents serving as tutors in a remedial reading program for an inner-city school. Data are discussed as evidence that tutors had acquired the ability to recruit reinforcement from the classroom for appropriate behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Delinquency, Junior High Schools, Peer Teaching, Reading Difficulties
