Bridging the Divide between Research and Practice: Embedding Pre-Service Teachers as Reading Tutors in Rural Schools

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Abstract

This study examines a targeted intensive tutoring intervention where pre-service teachers who were enrolled in an undergraduate foundational reading skills course served as reading tutors for second-grade students in rural schools. Nineteen pre-service teachers (PSTs) tutored nineteen students over 12 weeks. Results showed improved reading skills in all student participants, with 74% reaching their predicted year-long growth in just one semester. PSTs demonstrated increased self-efficacy in reading instruction.

Authors

• Sarah Hunt-Barron, Lander University

• Dawn Hawkins, Lander University