Peer Tutoring for Reading Fluency as a Feasible and Effective Alternative in Response to Intervention Systems

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-256

  Dufrene, Brad A ^a   Reisener, Carmen D ^b   Olmi, D Joe ^a   Zoder Martell, Kimberly ^a   McNutt, Marlena R ^a   Horn, Dana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum based measurement; Peer tutoring; Response to Intervention; Treatment integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955850668     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-010-9111-8     Document Type: Article

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