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A Delayed Treatment Control Group Design Study of an After-School Online Tutoring Program in Reading

A Delayed Treatment Control Group Design Study of an After-School Online Tutoring Program in Reading
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Author(s): S. Marshall Perry (Dowling College, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 16
Source title: Online Tutor 2.0: Methodologies and Case Studies for Successful Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Francisco José García-Peñalvo (University of Salamanca, Spain)and Antonio Miguel Seoane Pardo (University of Salamanca, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5832-5.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter concerns a year-long, United States federally-funded evaluation of Educate Online, an online, at home, 1:1 tutoring program aimed at improving reading performance for middle school students who are below grade level. Participating students receive after-school instruction from teachers in real-time over Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connections. The researcher discusses study findings, the methodological challenges of conducting research on online tutoring, the multiple perspectives for understanding the effectiveness of a tutoring program, and areas for additional research. The chapter examines a key aspect of the evaluation, a delayed treatment control group design study to determine the effect that involvement in the tutoring program has upon student academic achievement in reading.

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