Classwide peer tutoring: Effects on the spelling performance and social interactions of students with mild disabilities and their typical peers in an integrated instructional setting

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-462

  Sideridis, Georgios D ^a,d   Utley, Cheryl ^b   Greenwood, Charles R ^b   Delquadri, Joseph ^b   Dawson, Harriett ^b   Palmer, Penny ^c   Reddy, Shalini ^b  

^a American College of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Olathe School District   (United States)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classwide peer tutoring; Integration; Social interactions; Spelling; Students with mild disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001655104     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022855218347     Document Type: Article

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