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James Cole; Page Keller; Jillian Kinzie; George D. Kuh – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
While peer tutoring is a valued experiential activity, little is known about the peer tutoring experience and its relationship to desired 21st century outcomes of college. This paper features the results from a multi-institution study of the characteristics and benefits of peer tutoring for tutors. The National Survey of Student Engagement was…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, College Students, Experiential Learning
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Egan, Patsy; Andress, Elizabeth – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2018
Establishing adult career pathways is challenging, complex work. In Minnesota, a new professional development initiative provides ABE managers with a facilitated, supported, year-long cohort as they work to create or strengthen a career pathway program in collaboration with WIOA partners in their localities. In this article, the rationale, design,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Professional Development, Management Development, Program Effectiveness
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Khazanov, Leonid – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2011
A peer mentoring program has been implemented to support a group of at-risk students enrolled in two sections of an elementary algebra course at an urban community college. Peer mentors were recruited from advanced mathematics classes and trained to provide individualized tutoring and mentoring support to at-risk students. The results show that…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Students, Algebra, Remedial Mathematics
McIntyre, Ellen; Kyle, Diane – Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence, 2002
In nongraded, multi-age classrooms, children have the opportunity to learn a great deal from their more proficient classmates. Children in multi-age, nongraded programs often learn that children differ, and they learn to assist each other in productive ways. The organizational scheme has the potential to remove much of the competition of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Urban Schools, Poverty, Social Development
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Dart, Barry C.; Clarke, John A. – Higher Education, 1991
A preservice teacher education course in educational psychology focused on students (n=67) taking greater responsibility for learning through exposure to a variety of learning experiences, including curriculum negotiation, peer discussion and teaching, learning contracts, self/peer/collaborative assessment, and critical reflection. Locus of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Berney, Tomi D.; Barrera, Marbella – 1990
This report documents the evaluation of the Bilingual Mathematics and Science Achievement Program (Project BMSA) for students of limited English proficiency. The bilingual program was designed to provide intensive mathematics and science instruction, using mastery level concepts, in the native language and to incorporate mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials