ABSTRACT
A project was undertaken to replicate and extend the Derbyshire study, and to examine the various possibilities of establishing the technique with greater economy of service delivery, and hence on a much wider basis. Led by a senior educational psychologist, the project was carried out by him, three remedial support teachers and the author, who was responsible for the research design and statistical analysis. While the senior educational psychologist and the author held overall responsibility for the design and co-ordination of the project, there was a vital need for specialised teachers to carry the project into the field, and for whom — assuming the project to be successful — it would become a useful working tool. Such teachers would be able to undertake the future dissemination of Paired Reading in schools. A vital feature of Paired Reading is the fact that aversive reaction to failure and anxiety-provoking feedback is avoided.
