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Program information1
Developer and contact
Developed by Juniper Gardens Children's Project, the CWPT manual and charts are distributed under the name Together We Can by Sopris West™. Address: 4093 Specialty Place, Longmont, CO 80504. Email: customerservice@sopriswest.com. Web: http://www.sopriswest.com/. Telephone: (303) 651-2829 or (800) 547-6747.
The CWPT Learning Management System (CWPT–LMS) is software support for implementing CWPT and is distributed by the Juniper Gardens Children's Project. Beginning Reading CWPT, a version of the program specifically designed for beginning readers (not reviewed in this report), is also distributed by Juniper Gardens Children's Project. Address: 650 Minnesota Avenue, 2nd floor, Kansas City, KS 66101. Web: www.jgcp.ku.edu. Telephone: (913) 321-3143.
Scope of use
CWPT was developed in the early 1980s by the Juniper Gardens Children's Project at the University of Kansas for use in inner-city schools. The program has been implemented with regular and special education students and English language learners. Information is not available on the number of students or schools that have used the program.
Teaching
CWPT is practiced 30 minutes a day throughout the week, including 20 minutes for tutoring and 10 minutes for material preparation. At the end of the week, students are individually tested on that week's material and pretested on the material for the upcoming week. Each Monday, students are paired up and each set of partners is assigned to one of two teams. Partners take turns tutoring and testing each other and award each other points for correct answers. The team with the most points is announced daily and is recognized each Friday. According to the developer, the program can be implemented in any content area involving drill and memorization, such as for spelling words, reading workbooks, and vocabulary words.
A computer-based approach to CWPT is also available. The ClassWide Peer Tutoring Learning Management System is a system of peer tutoring instruction with computer software support designed to help teachers implement effective instruction, monitor progress, and sustain use of the program over time. Training materials are available on the developer website, and training is available from Juniper Gardens' staff.
Cost
Together We Can, a CWPT manual with reproducibles and four dry-erase posters, costs $51. The CWPT Learning Management System materials, including a CD, training, and teacher's manual, cost $245. The Beginning Reading CWPT materials, including the teacher's manual, lesson chart, CD, installation instructions, and software manual, cost $475.