Class wide peer tutoring: Two experiments investigating the generalized relationship between increased oral reading fluency and reading comprehension

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-269

  Neddenriep, Christine E ^a   Skinner, Christopher H ^b   Wallace, Monica A ^c   McCallum, Elizabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Peer tutoring; Reading comprehension; Reading fluency; Reading rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849084262     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377900802487185     Document Type: Article

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