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Download full textStarks, Gretchen – 1984
The purpose of a peer tutoring program is to assist those students who require ongoing and formal instruction in a subject area. If effectively run, it can have an impact on retention. There are five areas that need to be addressed when initiating a peer tutor program: (1) organization and funding; (2) supervision; (3) tutor training; (4) tutor…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Individual Instruction, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions
Samuels, Edward – 1984
A description is provided of Los Angeles Valley College's Life Science Learning Center (LSLC), which provides: (1) a resource center addressed to the individualized learning needs of students served by the Biology Department; (2) a learning environment enabling students to proceed in self-paced, activity-centered, concept-oriented experiences in…
Descriptors: Biology, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Independent Study
Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Jarm, Charles – 1979
This paper provides a very brief overview of an after-school day care center in New York City which cares for a maximum of 65 immigrant children 6 through 12 years of age. The population served consists of families from Hong Kong, China, Latin America, India, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Korea and Nigeria. As most families served know little English,…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Immigrants
Blowers, E. A. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
Follow-up of 34 pupils (age range 6-22 originally) who had attended a university-sponsored tutoring program 5 years earlier is discussed in terms of persistence and nature of the problems, and characteristics of subgroups including graduates from academic high school programs, graduates from non-academic programs, drop-outs, and a reportedly…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedJones, Clare B. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
Both senior volunteers and learning disabled preschool children benefitted from the Grandparents Read to Me Project in Lakewood, Ohio. Seniors rarely missed a session and the children began to select books over toys during free time and ask their parents to buy books and read to them at home. (CB)
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Learning Disabilities, Older Adults, Preschool Education
Jones, Gerald P. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1984
Describes the use of Peer Tutor/Counselors in the Learning Skills Development Center at the University of Southern California. Considers the skills involved in training tutors as counselors (e.g., building rapport, establishing credibility, assessing needs, creating a "serious" atmosphere, and articulating expectations, defusing…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWells, Kenneth B.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
A program designed to help first-year medical students understand basic medical ethical issues and view these issues as a essential component of their knowledge base in clinical medicine is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethics, Higher Education, Medical Education
Potter, Jana; Blankenship, Judy; Carlsmith, Laura – 1999
Considering 61 reading tutoring programs established in response to the "America Reads Challenge," this publication encourages all Americans to collaborate with classroom teachers and parents so that every child can read well and independently by the third grade. It discusses ways to build effective partnerships among the community, and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Parent Participation, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedGarvey, Mary – American Annals of the Deaf, 1982
Computer assisted instruction (CAI) in the form of tutorial and drill programs supplements language, vocabulary reading, and math instruction in special classes and resource rooms for hearing impaired secondary students. Development by staff of software programs is an integral part of the system. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Hearing Impairments, Mainstreaming, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedKane, D.; Sherwood, B. – Computers and Education, 1980
Describes and illustrates the tutorial and homework exercise lessons, student routing, course organization, administration, and evaluation of a PLATO computer-based course in classical mechanics. An appendix lists 41 lessons developed for the course. (CMV)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Homework, Learning Modules
Guggenheim, M. J.; Lazenby, P. – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1980
Describes the development and field testing of microcomputer programs to construct phase tests, analyze student performance and prepare individualized remedial activities for Technician Education Council courses in Great Britain. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Engineering Technicians, Microcomputers
Weaver, Roy A.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Examines the Home Tutorial Program in the San Fernando Valley of California in the areas of organization, parent attitudes, learning environment, achievement, and socialization. Compare the home program with the Los Angeles Unified School District. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Costs, Educational Environment, Intermediate Grades
Lundell, Kerth T.; Brown, William E. – Academic Therapy, 1979
A peer tutoring model is described and suggestions for implementing peer tutoring programs are provided. The seven steps in the development of a peer tutoring program are: establishing a need, considering curriculum, assessing, selecting learners, selecting tutors, monitoring, and coordinating. (PHR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedMathes, Patricia G.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Peabody Classwide Peer Tutoring is presented as an innovative, research-based instructional alternative that gives teachers greater flexibility to accommodate diversity while increasing students' opportunity to engage actively in meaningful, strategy-based reading practice. During 35-minute tutoring sessions, students participate in partner…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
