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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Efficacy of CWPT Used in Secondary Alternative School Classrooms with Small Teacher/Pupil Ratios and Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Bowman-Perrott, Lisa J.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Tapia, Yolanda – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) is an evidence-based instructional strategy effective with students with and without disabilities. The evidence for efficacy is strong with respect to students in elementary schools learning basic academic skills in classrooms with large teacher-pupil ratios, and relatively less strong for students in secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Nontraditional Education, Test Results, Behavior Disorders
ClassWide Peer Tutoring: An Effective Teaching Procedure for Facilitating the Acquisition of Health Education and Safety Facts with Students with Developmental Disabilities.
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Utley, Cheryl A.; Reddy, Shalini S.; Delquadri, Joseph C.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Mortweet, Susan L.; Bowman, Velma – Education and Treatment of Children, 2001
Five elementary students with developmental disabilities were taught health and safety facts using either classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) or traditional teaching methods. Comparison indicated that both CWPT procedures and traditional teacher-led procedures produced similar outcomes. Discussion focuses on advantages of using CWPT to acquire basic…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Health Education, Instructional Effectiveness
An Exploratory Study of Home School Instructional Environments and Their Effects on the Basic Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Duvall, Steven F.; Ward, D. Lawrence; Greenwood, Charles R.; Delquadri, Joseph C. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1997
A study involving six elementary and two junior high students with learning disabilities investigated whether parents provided four home schooled students with instructional environments that facilitated the acquisition of basic skills. Results found the home school students were academically engaged about two-and-a-half times as often as public…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Home Programs
Current Challenges to Behavioral Technology in the Reform of Schooling: Large-Scale, High-Quality Implementation and Sustained Use of Effective Educational Practices.
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Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
This paper reports research on three innovations addressing teachers' adoption of effective instructional interventions: (1) an adoption/administrative model for promoting the use of measurably superior instructional practices; (2) a computer program providing expert implementation advice to individual teachers; and (3) a schoolwide strategy for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Monitoring, Improving, and Maintaining Quality Implementation of the Classwide Peer Tutoring Program Using Behavioral and Computer Technology.
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Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
A computerized teacher/advisor for a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program was developed, and initial tests were conducted. This paper reports the development of the system and results of two small-scale tests of its accuracy and its use by teachers. Implications of combining behavioral and computer technology in assessing fidelity of treatment are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Expert Systems