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Pathway to Leadership: The Peer Tutor Coordinator Role at West Chester University
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Lloyd, Courtney A.; Manigo, Jocelyn A.; Jones, Tiffany E.; Crouse-Machcinski, Kaitlyn M. – Learning Assistance Review, 2020
Peer tutors at West Chester University's Learning Assistance and Resource Center have the opportunity to advance in their professional roles by becoming Peer Tutor Coordinators (PTCs). PTCs supervise peer tutors within the learning center and are instrumental to its overall success. PTCs acquire time management, communication, problem-solving,…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Coordinators, Supervision, Learning Resources Centers
Three Learning Styles Models: Research and Recommendations for Developmental Education.
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Lemire, David – Learning Assistance Review, 1998
Describes psychometric issues associated with three different learning styles models (visual, auditory, and haptic), and the instruments designed to assess those models. Presents some background to the learning styles idea along with suggestions for utilizing this information with developmental students. The learning styles instruments discussed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Faculty Referrals - The Kiss of Death or a Powerful Motivator? What Makes the Difference?
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Maxwell, Martha – Learning Assistance Review, 1997
States that for faculty to make effective referrals to academic support programs, they should be knowledgeable about services and describe them to students in their classes early in the term, they must endorse the use of the service and repeatedly encourage students to attend, and they must make their referrals personal. (VWC)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Reflective Teaching, Remedial Instruction
The Use of Literary Letters with Post-Secondary Non-Native Students.
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Bauer, Laura; Sweeney, Linda – Learning Assistance Review, 1999
Examines the methodology of using novel reading and letter exchange based upon the novels to enhance reading/writing skills in non-native speakers at the college freshmen level. In addition, it refers to theories on which such methodology is based and offers samples from student work. Contains 17 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, College Freshmen, Dialog Journals, English (Second Language)
Enhancing Mathematics Achievement through Collaborative Problem Solving.
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Thomas, Pamela V.; Higbee, Jeanne – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes the results of a study that tracked college algebra students who had previously completed an Academic Assistance mathematics course that facilitated collaborative learning. Only 53% of all students who enrolled in college algebra in fall 1994 earned grades of C or higher, but 95% of students who had previously participated in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, College Mathematics, College Students