Longitudinal effect of a volunteer tutoring program on reading skills of students identified as at-risk for reading failure: A two-year follow-up study

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-37

  Burns, Matthew K ^a   Senesac, Barbara J ^b   Silberglitt, Benjamin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Technology Information Education Services   (United States)

Author keywords

HOSTS; Longitudinal research; Reading intervention; Tutoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249163641     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070701750171     Document Type: Article

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