Peer Tutoring of Comprehension Strategies.

Pickens, Judith; McNaughton, Stuart

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ERIC Number: EJ372701

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Publication Date: 1988

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Peer Tutoring of Comprehension Strategies.

Pickens, Judith; McNaughton, Stuart

Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v8 n1-2 p67-80 Mar-Jun 1988

Discusses a study in which four low-achieving 12-year-old readers were trained to tutor similar age low-achieving readers in reading comprehension strategies. States that both tutors and students learned to use the strategies effectively and that both groups made substantial gains in comprehension. (GEA)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development, Peer Teaching, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Tutoring

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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