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Schmelzer, Ronald V.; And Others – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1985
Explains the Integrated Learning Model (ILM), a computer model of information processing which postulates thought patterns during learning and its use in teaching peer tutors about the learning process. Explains the ILM's five phases: preparation, input, processing, storage, and output. Looks at strengths and weaknesses. (DMM)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Postsecondary Education
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Gourgey, Annette F. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1992
Reviews literature on developmental students' negative attitudes toward mathematics and themselves. Describes a model for math tutoring emphasizing the reduction of math anxiety and development of capacities for independent learning through dialogue, analysis of error, response to affective needs, reeducation about the learning process, and…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Learning Processes, Literature Reviews, Mathematics Anxiety
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Barrett, L. R. – Higher Education Review, 1991
Critics of student writing in British lecture courses as "mere rehash of lecture notes" are reminded that (1) by its nature, the lecture course focuses on and is limited to information conveyed in lectures, and (2) professors refuse to use materials such as U.S. textbooks that could supplement the information conveyed in class. (MSE)
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
Misick, Jennifer; Santa Rita, Emilio – 1996
In the Student Development Tutoring Model (SDTM), tutors engage students with content in such a way as to both increase their understanding of content as well as their ability to use learning strategies independently in the future. To develop and evaluate a procedure for preparing tutors to use behaviors consistent with the SDTM, New York's Bronx…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Individual Instruction
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Pretorius, E. v. E. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
The University of the Orange Free State (South Africa) is testing effectiveness of group work with tutors as part of independent study modules. The method is based on an experiential learning cycle including pre- and post-testing, self-evaluation, reflective observation, active experimentation. Early indications are that most deficiencies of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Instruction