Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies: English Language Learners

US Department of Education, What Works Clearing House. “Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies: English Language Learners.” Sept 2010

Articles reviews a Peer Assisted Learning Strategy study that falls within the scope of the English Language Learners review protocol for What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. The study that meets evidence standards includes 99 English language learners from 3rd to 6th grade in Texas. Of the full sample, 49 English language learners were in classrooms that used Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies for reading instruction, and 50 were in classrooms that used “business-as-usual” reading instruction.

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