Analysis of 47 case studies of tutoring relationships between college tutors and elementary students suggests that three tutoring patterns can be distinguished. Each of these three tutoring patterns--professional, comradeship, and informal--combines personal trust and social contract in different ways. Implications are drawn for implementation of…

Describes a study of tutors' experiences with small groups, offering findings from interviews with 37 tutors from 3 colleges as they relate to existing group dynamics research. Discusses tutor and tutee roles, group cohesion, identification of students' needs, development of a workable plan and timeline, jumpstarting, and floor management. Details…

Investigates whether traditional academic tutors hired to work with underprepared university-level student athletes could learn to implement a strategic approach to tutoring. Indicates that tutors substantially changed their tutoring to include both cognitive and megacognitive learning strategies as well as subject materal. (Includes 27…

Presents a case study that describes the design and implementation of a tutor-training program for prospective online tutors. Identifies key findings that will inform future staff development and training programs for prospective online tutors. Analyzes the effectiveness of individual components of the training program to which the tutors were…

Examines the scale and nature of supplementary tutoring around the world including its cultural, educational, and economic factors and the far-reaching implications for academic achievement, social inequalities, and economic development. Contends that the multiple dimensions of supplementary tutoring should be explored more fully, as well as its…

In a study of academic and behavioral changes in tutored inner-city children, the positive effects of a support system for tutors and the importance of considering motivational variables in designing adequate controls were highlighted. (EH)

A study investigated a communication skills tutoring program to determine if peer tutoring proved an appropriate pedagogy for communication skills training. A survey, in which questions were grouped into categories of instructional, ethical, and training issues, was distributed to 8 instructors and to 12 tutors who were enrolled in a course…

Two experiments compared cross-age and peer tutoring interventions within special education settings. In experiment 1, 47 elementary age learning and/or behaviorally disordered (LD/BD) students acted as tutors of younger LD and BD students. In experiment 2, 31 same-age LD and BD students alternated tutor and tutee roles. In both experiments,…

The educational literature on tutoring programs indicates definite and positive effects on the academic performance and attitudes of those who receive tutoring. Such students outperform their peers on examinations, and they express more positive attitudes toward the subjects in which they are tutored. Tutoring programs also have positive effects…

The results of a pilot study of a reading tutor program that had as its focus the creation of a suitable reporting system for insuring adequate implementation of the program are discussed in this paper. The use of learning resource teachers (LRTs) to train tutors, select tutees, monitor implementation, and establish home-based reinforcement is…

The Dial-A-Teacher Assistance project (DATALINE) is a telephone resource center which provides assistance or information to parents and pupils about problems related to homework, as well as information about Parent Partnership activities and services available to parents and children in the School District of Philadelphia. The theory behind the…

Attention being focused upon the teacher as a professional held increasingly accountable for a student's academic achievement has suggested that the traditional approach to instruction may need to be modified to ensure each student's success. One approach that has been demonstrated effective is peer tutoring. (Author/RK)

Describes how Nassau Community College uses peer tutors to help students with severe writing problems. (DD)

Available from: Social Casework, 44 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010. A group tutorial program coordinated by the principal and a consulting social worker for 15 underachieving high school students emphasized individualized instruction with a humanistic approach. (CL)