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Educational Psychology - Special Education
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Faculty project
Evaluating Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)

Funding:

U.S. Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences

Years:

2004-2009

Amount:

$1,244,000 for Minnesota site

Abstract:

There is an impressive amount of knowledge about effective instruction, thanks in part to more than 25 years of federal support for school-based research. Nevertheless, this knowledge is not often tapped by practitioners. The purpose of this experiment is to explore factors that may promote knowledge utilization, or the scaling up of scientifically validated practices. Specifically, we are exploring alternate ways of promoting teachers' effective use of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). PALS is a demonstrably effective reading program in high-poverty Title I schools and middle-class schools, and teachers and students enjoy using it. Schools have been drawn from urban, suburban and rural school districts in three states.

Project staff from University of Minnesota special education programs:

Kristen McMaster, co-principal investigator
Special education faculty, Department of Educational Psychology

February 2007
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