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Download full textBP Educational Service, Poole (England). – 1994
Student tutoring has proven itself effective both in providing role models and academic assistance. This package was produced to provide encouragement, guidance, and support for all involved with student tutoring programs, including coordinators, teachers, and the student tutors themselves. An introduction explains tutoring and its benefits, with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1982
At the request of the Curriculum Department and the Chapter I program coordinators of the Portland Public Schools, three different instructional programs were evaluated during the 1981-82 school year. (1) The Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) program provided a person-to-person structured tutorial program in reading using volunteer tutors. (2)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation
Alkin, Marvin; White, Peter – 1984
Focusing on the qualitative component of the 1983-84 Operational Program Reviews (OPRs) of Educational Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California's community colleges, this report presents the information collected by a qualitative evaluator at 14 EOPS projects in California and assesses program strengths and weaknesses. The first part…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Alkin, Marvin C.; Ruskus, Joan – 1985
A synthesis is provided of the information collected between September 1984 and April 1985 by Operational Program Review (OPR) teams regarding 22 California community college Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) programs. Chapter 1 explains the purposes and evaluation methods of OPRs, and outlines the general characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Educational Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Outreach Programs
Peer reviewedAdams, Dennis M.; Hamm, Mary – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Surveys the current status of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Discusses intelligent tutoring systems, robotics, and applications for educators. Likens the status of AI at present to that of aviation in the very early 1900s. States that educators need to be involved in future debates concerning AI. (CW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Endy, Melvin B., Jr.; Gamson, Zelda – 1997
This consultants' report reviews the New College of the University of South Florida, a small liberal arts college which is unusual in its lack of specific general education requirements, and its attention to independent study. After reviewing a considerable list of strengths, concerns are identified including the need to ensure that every student…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
A study was done to evaluate Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), an instructional cross-age tutoring program in San Antonio (Texas) designed to reduce dropout rates among Hispanic limited-English proficient (LEP) middle-school children, who are at risk of leaving school. The program has these students tutor younger, elementary school students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
This handbook provides information about an innovative model, Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), that encourages "at-risk" students to stay in school and to set broader goals for themselves through a cross-age tutoring experience in which at-risk middle school students tutor younger, elementary school students. After a preface, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
