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ERIC Number: EJ535164
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
The Relation between Student Ability and the Quality and Effectiveness of Explanations.
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v33 n3 p631-64 Fall 1996
The quality and effectiveness of students' mathematical explanations as a function of the ability of the tutor were studied with dyads from 20 classrooms (60 students) in which students had been practicing peer tutoring for 23 weeks. Tutees of high-achieving peer tutors offered better explanations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Achievement, Mathematics, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Explanations
Note: Research supported in part by Grant Number H180E20004 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.