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ERIC Number: EJ636391
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1380-3611
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Developing a Computer-Assisted Tutoring Program To Help Children at Risk To Learn To Read.
Chambers, Bette; Abrami, Philip C.; McWhaw, Katherine; Therrien, Michel Charles
Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, v7 n2-3 p223-39 Sep 2001
Developed and performed a formative evaluation of a computer assisted tutoring program to help students experiencing problems learning to read. Initial findings with 12 tutors and 25 first and second graders provide support for developing a program designed with "just in time" support for tutors and interactive activities for tutees based on material in their reading classes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Formative Evaluation, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Tutoring
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue titled "Educational Technology." Research funded by the Quebec Ministry of Education, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Chawkers Foundation.