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Herrmann, Beth Ann, Ed. – 1994
Intended for volunteers in community literacy programs, one-on-one tutors, or parents who want to support classroom learning, this book presents tutoring ideas, teaching activities, and evaluation suggestions. The book guides tutors as they teach students to become independent learners and shows tutors how to provide support but not "do"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy Education
Maxwell, Martha, Ed. – 1994
This book presents 53 firsthand experiences of peer writing tutors. Each story explores a particular tutoring issue, from working with a quiet student to tutoring a student with a learning disability. Each tutor writes candidly in an informed and sensitive manner about successes and failures as partners in the collaborative learning process.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Peer Teaching
Butler, Beverly A.; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides information for the instructors (tutors) of the Shippensburg University Learning Assistance Center (LAC). It discusses the need for tutoring, what the tutoring program is about, and who should be encouraged to attend tutoring sessions. Also, through chapters written by educators with experience in the tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Higher Education
Forster, Fred, Ed.; Hounsell, Dai, Ed.; Thompson, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This handbook, primarily for new part-time teaching staff at colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, focuses on tutoring and demonstrating teaching skills. Following an introductory chapter, six additional chapters provide an orientation to tutoring and demonstrating. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the roles and responsibilities of new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Demonstrations (Educational)
Schaier, Barbara T., Ed. – 1979
Some common problems faced by administrators developing tutoring programs in postsecondary education institutions--development of program goals, how to select and train tutors, and evaluating and monitoring program effectiveness--are addressed in this booklet. In the first of four sections, eight articles address the purpose and design of various…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Study Centers, Individual Instruction, Learning Laboratories
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Asian Centre for Educational Innovation for Development. – 1984
Directed at personnel responsible for distance education in India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, the training materials in this publication have been compiled with the help of distance educators in each of these geographical regions. The materials are classified into three categories and presented in separate sections…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Strategies
