Somos Todos Ayudantes y Estudiantes: A Demonstration of a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program in a Modified Spanish Class for Secondary Students Identified as Learning Disabled or Academically At-Risk.

Wright, Jane E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ503006

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Somos Todos Ayudantes y Estudiantes: A Demonstration of a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program in a Modified Spanish Class for Secondary Students Identified as Learning Disabled or Academically At-Risk.

Wright, Jane E.; And Others

Education and Treatment of Children, v18 n1 p33-52 Feb 1995

Sixteen students with learning disabilities or at risk of failure in foreign language study participated in a peer tutoring program with Spanish vocabulary. The classwide reciprocal peer tutoring system was found to be a feasible component of foreign language instruction, as high levels of Spanish words were learned and maintained, and incidental tutor learning also occurred. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: High Risk Students, High Schools, Incidental Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Maintenance, Peer Teaching, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Tutorial Programs, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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