When less may be more: A 2-year longitudinal evaluation of a volunteer tutoring program requiring minimal training

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 494-519

  Baker, Scott ^a   Gersten, Russell ^a   Keating, Thomas ^a  

^a Eugene Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 0012499476     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.35.4.3     Document Type: Review

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