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Download full textStarks, Gretchen – 1980
The tutor training sessions at the University of Minnesota Technical College are outlined and an evaluation of the program is included. A bibliography of 38 print and 3 videotape resources for tutor training is also included. Appendixes contain the tutor and tutee handbooks and a study skills kit specifically designed for tutor training.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedReglin, Gary – Clearing House, 1997
Describes a program intended to improve the school attendance of truant students, called the Mentoring and Tutoring Help (MATH) program. Discusses the importance of mentors and their roles in the MATH program, and presents the 18 most critical organizational steps for truancy intervention in the program. (SR)
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power
Peer reviewedWoodward, Marcia Rollin – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
Gives suggestions for making tutorial writing sessions constructive and fruitful. A tutorial component is a program of individual meetings with the teacher for each student in the class. Their purpose is to go over with each student his essays or compositions. Benefits and cautions of these sessions are spelled out. (PJM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Individual Instruction, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcDonough, Sharon – English in Australia, 2002
Offers a personal reflection based upon the author's experiences as Special Education Coordinator in a Catholic secondary school, where she was responsible for overseeing a reading program which used parent volunteers as tutors for students with literacy difficulties. Discusses the perceived benefits for those involved in the program. (SG)
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedRaber, Laura L.; Lindon, James A. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes a month-long tutoring project involving the use of fairy tales which combined storytelling and process writing. Notes that students responded favorably to the project. (RS)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Fairy Tales, Peer Teaching, Process Approach (Writing)
Peer reviewedKelly, Patricia; And Others – English Journal, 1984
Recounts a program that organized composition students into writing teams to overcome (1) too much reliance on a teacher, (2) lack of student cooperation, (3) excessive individual competition, and (4) an overall negative atmosphere concerning writing. (CRH)
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education, Small Group Instruction
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1980
The focus of this journal edition is remedial writing instruction in high school and college. Articles in the journal are: "The Remedial Student is Different," by Karl K. Taylor; "Writing Apprehension: (I) Combating Fear of Failure," by Donna K. Gorrell; "Writing Apprehension: (II) Where Does Fear of Writing Come…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Basic Skills, College Students, Developmental Programs
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1988
The Interactive Genetics Tutorial (IGT) project and the Intelligent Tutoring System for the IGT project named MENDEL supplement genetics instruction in biology courses by providing students with experience in designing, conducting, and evaluating genetics experiments. The MENDEL software is designed to: (1) simulate genetics experiments that…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
