In the meeting-standards study, PALS classrooms used more one-on-one and peer-mediated instruction and less teacher-led instruction than comparison classrooms¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The study team compared lesson plans and found PALS teachers were more likely than comparison teachers to use one-on-one activities and peer-mediated instruction and less likely to use teacher-led instruction. → Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies 2010

Evidence¶

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies 2010¶

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies. (2010). WWC Intervention Report. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/pals

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Implementation-fidelity check within the Saenz, Fuchs, and Fuchs (2005) randomized controlled trial: lesson plans of PALS and business-as-usual comparison teachers were compared, showing PALS teachers "more likely than comparison teachers to use one-on-one activities and peer-mediated instruction".

"The study team compared lesson plans and found that Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies teachers were more likely than comparison teachers to use one-on-one activities and peer-mediated instruction and less likely to use teacher-led instruction."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The evidence base for PALS in the Adolescent Literacy review rests on a single randomized trial of 120 students across 12 schools, rated as meeting standards with reservations — related
• PALS effects on the learning-disability subsets analyzed separately were not statistically significant, while the full-sample effect was significant in one study (Fuchs et al., 1997) and not in the other (Saenz et al., 2005) — related