Train teachers to implement peer-tutoring programs through an all-day modeling and role-playing workshop plus a program manual¶

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Description¶

PALS prepares teachers through a one-day training event followed by written support materials. The report states that "Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies offers teacher training in an all-day workshop at which teachers learn to implement the program through modeling and role playing. Teachers also are provided with a manual describing the program." In the qualifying study, project staff also attended seven 45-minute lessons to provide help as necessary, and these sessions were not counted as part of the 15-week treatment.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A trained presenter and program manual; the onsite one-day workshop presenter fee is estimated at $1,500 plus travel expenses

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• classroom teachers implementing peer tutoring in grades 2-6 and high school

Target Learning Goals¶

• faithful implementation of structured peer-tutoring reading routines

Related Strategies¶

• PALS_Peer Assisted Learning Strategies
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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies. (2012). WWC Intervention Report: Adolescent Literacy — Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies. U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse. https://kc.vanderbilt.edu/pals/