Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 744-763

Journal: The Journal of Experimental Education

Volume number: 84

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0022-0973

eISSN: 1940-0683

Open access status: Bronze

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2015.1065219

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
Reading strategy interventions relying upon peer tutoring are a common way to foster poor readers' comprehension skills. Those interventions are based on the assumption that tutees benefit from the (higher) reading skills of their tutors. However, this interpersonal effect has not yet been tested explicitly because the effectiveness of peer tutoring is commonly analyzed separately for tutees and tutors or with aggregated data. The present study illustrates how interpersonal and individual effects of a peer-tutored reading strategy intervention can be estimated using dyads as units of analysis in structural equation modeling. To demonstrate the application of the model, data from an experimental intervention study comparing the effects of a peer-tutored reading strategy training and a control condition in Grade 4 (N = 68 dyads) were analyzed.

Harvard Citation style: Mueller, B., Richter, T., Krizan, A., Hecht, T. and Ennemoser, M. (2016) How to Analyze Interpersonal and Individual Effects in Peer-Tutored Reading Intervention, The Journal of Experimental Education, 84(4), pp. 744-763. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2015.1065219

APA Citation style: Mueller, B., Richter, T., Krizan, A., Hecht, T., & Ennemoser, M. (2016). How to Analyze Interpersonal and Individual Effects in Peer-Tutored Reading Intervention. The Journal of Experimental Education. 84(4), 744-763. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2015.1065219