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EJ535164 TM519831
Title: The Relation between Student Ability and the Quality and Effectiveness of Explanations.Author(s): Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others
Source: American Educational Research Journal, v33 n3 p631-64 Fall 1996
Publication Date: 1996
Notes: Research supported in part by Grant Number H180E20004 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
ISSN: 0002-8312
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1997
The quality
and effectiveness of students' mathematical explanations as a function
of the ability of the tutor were studied with dyads from 20 classrooms
(60 students) in which students had been practicing peer tutoring
for 23 weeks. Tutees of high-achieving peer tutors offered better
explanations. (SLD)
Descriptors: *Ability; *Academic Achievement; Elementary Education;
*Elementary School Students; High Achievement; *Mathematics; Peer
Relationship; *Peer Teaching;
*Tutoring
Identifiers: *Explanations
