There's More to Listening Than Meets the Ear: Interactions Between Oral Readers and Their Parents as Tutors

This article traces the recent history of studies and practices in which parents participate in the guided tuition of their children in oral reading. Oral reading provides a focus for teacher‐parent cooperation because most parents believe they can help their children in this homework activity. There are, however, specific techniques of giving beneficial assistance and the research base of these techniques is described. The author then argues...