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The Effects of First-Grade Peer Tutoring on Phonemic Awareness Skills

Huesman, Elizabeth A.

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: School Psychology.
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of peer tutoring on academic skills, as well as the effectiveness of phonemic awareness (PA) instruction on early literacy skills. However, few studies have examined the use of peer tutoring interventions with younger populations of students, and only one has targeted PA skills. This study investigated whether first-grade peer tutoring was effective at increasing phonemic awareness skills and whether first-grade peer tutors were able to provide accurate feedback to tutees during peer tutoring procedures. A multiple baseline design across student participants was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the peer tutoring intervention, with Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) and Accuracy of Tutor Feedback serving as the dependent variables. One of the two tutees increased their PSF from baseline to intervention. Both tutors were observed delivering feedback with high levels of accuracy to tutees during peer tutoring sessions. The current peer tutoring procedure is a low-intensity intervention option for first-grade students who are not at the fall benchmark for phonemic awareness skills.
Renee Oliver Hawkins, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Janet Lee Graden, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Todd Haydon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
55 p.

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  • Huesman, E. A. (2013). The Effects of First-Grade Peer Tutoring on Phonemic Awareness Skills [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1527244155315456

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huesman, Elizabeth. The Effects of First-Grade Peer Tutoring on Phonemic Awareness Skills. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1527244155315456.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huesman, Elizabeth. "The Effects of First-Grade Peer Tutoring on Phonemic Awareness Skills." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1527244155315456

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)