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Peer tutoring in writing: A school systems approach

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Readers may like to view another research digest on students working together in groups at secondary level: The effects of cooperative learning on junior high school students during small group learning: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/digests/ThuAug261107362004/

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Greenwood, C. Delguadri, J. & Carta, J. (1997) Together we can! Classwide
peer tutoring to improve basic academic skills.
Longmont, CO: Sopris West.

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