A randomised trial of paired reading in elementary schools

Allen Thurston; Keith Topping; Karen McGavock; David Miller; Nora Conlin

A randomised trial of paired reading in elementary schools

Allen Thurston, Keith Topping, Karen McGavock, David Miller, Nora Conlin

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The paper reports data from a randomised trial of paired reading in 67 elementary classes. Schools used paired reading techniques with either cross-age (10-11 year old tutors and 7-8 year old tutees) or same-age (10-11 or 7-8 year old tutors tutoring tutees the same-age) pairs and with intensive (three times a week) or light (once a week) implementation. Data was collected using structured observations to assess the effect of cross vs same-age, and intensive vs light variables on implementation integrity. Data is reported from observations of 398, 7-11 year old pupils. Observations indicated that same-age pairings implemented techniques more effectively. Observations indicated that both intensive and light paired reading was implemented with equal integrity.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	13th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 25 Aug 2009 → 29 Aug 2009 http://www.earli.org/conferences/EARLI_Biennial_Conferences/previous_Biennial_conferences/earli_2009

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Conference	13th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction
Abbreviated title	EARLI 2009
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	25/08/09 → 29/08/09
Other	Fostering communities of learners
Internet address	http://www.earli.org/conferences/EARLI_Biennial_Conferences/previous_Biennial_conferences/earli_2009

Keywords

Peer tutoring
Primary school pupils
Primary schools
Reading

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