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Direct linkMagiera, Kathleen; Geraci, Laura M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2014
In this paper, we describe a rural school-university 22 year partnership. The partnership serves students with disabilities and students at-risk for being classified with a disability. Despite personnel changes, the undergraduate teacher candidates have consistently provided intense instruction to their assigned students. Electronic surveys were…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Rural Schools, Universities, College School Cooperation
Massey, Dixie D.; Lewis, Jan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2011
As teacher educators, we continue to focus on tutoring experiences as ways to help tutors connect coursework to practice. This study presents a preservice tutoring program designed to provide a field-based experience where the tutors would be able to (a) learn about literacy instruction, (b) use a multitude of assessment data rather than…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Tutors, Data Analysis, Literacy
Peer reviewedLacey, Candace; LeBlanc, Patrice; Collins, Mary – Planning and Changing, 2000
Evaluates Palm Beach County School District's Safe School Center tutorial program, a summer-school program for middle-school students who failed subjects during the academic year. Describes program successes, failures, and lessons learned. (Contains 38 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Program Evaluation, Tutorial Programs
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
The Summerbridge program at San Francisco's University High School brings college and high school students in to tutor underprepared middle-school students for seventh and eighth grades. Most new students are from minority groups. Over half the college students serving as tutors in the program have chosen careers in education. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
Peer reviewedRidge, Aldema A. – Clearing House, 1982
Describes the Senior Adult Volunteer Program of the Howard County, Maryland, public school system, which brings older adults and middle school students together in a tutoring situation. Reports that the program has produced student gains in both the cognitive and affective domains. (FL)
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Middle Schools, Older Adults, Program Descriptions
Fletcher, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1998
William McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has a parent volunteer program called FOCUS that targets average students who are not doing well academically. Program goals are to improve students' organizational skills, help them complete homework assignments, and reteach and preview lessons to increase understanding, so that students will…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedBender, David S.; Stahler, Theresa M. – Middle School Journal, 1996
Describes The Pottstown Homework Center Partnership, which initiated homework centers and trained volunteer tutors to support middle school "at risk" students. Describes tutor recruitment and training; identifies eligibility requirements for student participants; and reports tutor-child interactions. Includes outcomes, interpretations,…
Descriptors: Community Services, High Risk Students, Homework, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedThrope, Lynne; Wood, Karen – Clearing House, 2000
Offers an overview of research on cross-age tutoring. Describes a successful cross-age tutoring program pairing 7th-grade with 3rd-grade students. Offers guidelines for developing a successful cross-age tutoring program. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Early Adolescents, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedJournal of At-Risk Issues, 1998
Two tables summarize effects of mentoring in 10 middle schools in De Kalb County (Georgia) and from mentoring programs sponsored by the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization. Both sets of programs show improved attendance and improved conduct, and the Georgia programs were associated with better grades. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Attendance, Behavior Patterns
Peer reviewedAllsopp, David H. – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
This study compared the effectiveness of using classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) in 14 heterogeneous eighth-grade math classrooms with traditional independent student practice to teach problem-solving skills to students in beginning algebra. Both CWPT and independent practice were equally effective strategies with students identified as at risk or…
Descriptors: Algebra, Drills (Practice), Grade 8, Heterogeneous Grouping
