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Peer reviewedHarris, Muriel – English Journal, 1980
Notes the benefits of effective tutoring programs. Discusses the role of the tutor as coach, as commentator, and as counselor. (RL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMatthews, Steve – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes how a college tutoring program uses a strategy called TEST, which takes the ideas behind effective reading and learning and applies them to interactions between the student, the tutor, and the subject. (SR)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Study Skills
Peer reviewedLandrum, R. Eric; Chastain, Garvin – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
The results of college-level tutoring programs are best described as mixed. The present study was designed as an attempt to quantify the effects of being tutored at the college level. A pretest-posttest design involving the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory was used. Results support the use of tutoring. (EMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Student Personnel Services
Download full textBlalock, Susan – 1994
Writing centers have been working diligently to create a centripetal space to draw as many faculty and students into its collaborative learning process as possible. The degree to which writing centers have succeeded in this mission should now lead beyond the sanctum of the centers and even beyond the validated space of satellite centers. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Telecommunications, Tutorial Programs
Ronshausen, Nina L. – Educational Technology, 1975
A look at programmed tutoring, an effective method for one-to-one individualized instruction in kindergarten and first grade. (Author)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Programed Instruction
Stainback, William C.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Research, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Peer Teaching
Ronshausen, Nina L. – Educational Technology, 1975
A look at programmed tutoring, an effective method for one-to-one individualized instruction in kindergarten and first grade. (Author)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Primary Education, Programed Instruction
Guyer, Barbara P. – 1985
The paper describes the background and development of HELP (Higher Education for Learning-disabled People). The HELP program located at Marshall University (West Virginia) provides testing to determine the presence of a learning disability; individual tutoring in reading, spelling, and written expression; oral tests; note-taking instruction; study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedOakland, Thomas; Williams, Fern C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Examines the effectiveness of peer tutors as a means of facilitating the reading achievement of other children reading below their grade placement. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Hedges, Larry V.; Majer, Kenneth – 1976
The grade-point average (GPA) of Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) freshmen who received tutoring through the OASIS Provosts' Tutorial Fellowship Program and EOP freshmen who did not receive such tutoring were compared at the University of California, San Diego. A one-way analysis of covariance using high school GPA, Scholastic Aptitude Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, Higher Education
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
Youth Tutoring Youth is an after school (or summer) tutorial program in which 14 and 15 year old In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees earn money by helping younger children enjoy reading, writing and other skills of expression. The program involves community members as supervisors, aides, tutors and tutees. This manual is divided into two…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; Jenkins, Linda M. – Educational Leadership, 1987
The Lake Washington School District (WA) has developed a successful peer tutoring program for elementary and secondary students. Identifies the characteristics of successful tutoring programs, how to start a program, recruitment and scheduling needs, selection of tutors and learners, and how to maintain tutor involvement. Includes a table and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
Levine, Marsha – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1986
When one student tutors another, both gain. This article (1) recounts the origins of peer tutoring; (2) summarizes the relevant research; and (3) describes three programs around the country where tutoring is applied to computer education, hands-on science lessons, and basic skills instruction. (LHW)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching
Peer reviewedDouglas, Ian – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1985
Tutorials are an excellent method for teaching geography to college students. How to improve tutorials is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Curtis, Deborah A.; Hurtado, Rosemary – 2001
The America Reads Project is a program that trains San Francisco State University (SFSU) undergraduates to serve as tutors in local elementary schools. This paper focuses on the findings from the 3rd year of the project (1999-2000). For the 3rd year, 55 undergraduates were trained in a 3-unit course. Eleven elementary schools participated in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Instruction
