TY - CHAP
T1 - Peer mediation
T2 - A means of differentiating classroom instruction
AU - Fuchs, Douglas
AU - Fuchs, Lynn S.
AU - Shamir, Adina
AU - Dion, Eric
AU - Saenz, Laura M.
AU - McMaster, Kristen L.
PY - 2010/9/17
Y1 - 2010/9/17
N2 - Picture this: 34 children in an urban third-grade classroom, one third of whom live in poverty. Six live with grandparents, and three are in foster care. Five come from homes in which a language other than English is spoken; two children do not speak English at all. Seven, six, fi ve, three, two, and one are African American, Hispanic American, Korean, Russian, Haitian, and Chinese, respectively. Six are new to the school, and four will relocate to a different school next year. Only fi ve of the 34 students are at or above grade level in reading; 10 are two or more grade levels below. There is a 5-grade spread in reading achievement. In addition, three students have been certifi ed as learning disabled. One is severely mentally retarded, and another is deaf. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the child with mental retardation and two other students in the class have been physically or sexually abused.
AB - Picture this: 34 children in an urban third-grade classroom, one third of whom live in poverty. Six live with grandparents, and three are in foster care. Five come from homes in which a language other than English is spoken; two children do not speak English at all. Seven, six, fi ve, three, two, and one are African American, Hispanic American, Korean, Russian, Haitian, and Chinese, respectively. Six are new to the school, and four will relocate to a different school next year. Only fi ve of the 34 students are at or above grade level in reading; 10 are two or more grade levels below. There is a 5-grade spread in reading achievement. In addition, three students have been certifi ed as learning disabled. One is severely mentally retarded, and another is deaf. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the child with mental retardation and two other students in the class have been physically or sexually abused.
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SN - 9780805853339
SP - 362
EP - 372
BT - Handbook of Reading Disability Research
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -
