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ERIC Number: EJ397177
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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"Shared Reading": An Experiment in Peer Tutoring in the Primary Classroom.
Atherley, C. A.
Educational Studies, v15 n2 p145-53 1989
Describes a 12-week peer tutoring reading program for primary students. Students showed significant reading gains when compared with a control group, but lost these gains when they returned to individual silent reading. Concludes that peer tutoring is an under-utilized but valuable teaching strategy. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Peer Teaching, Primary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Silent Reading, Tutoring
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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