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Rosberg, Merilee A. – 2001
As a direct result of the passage of the America Reads Challenge Act in 1997, Mt. Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has developed a reading tutor program. The program includes a college credit course and on-site visits by college faculty supervising student tutors. This article includes the rationale for development of a credit course for reading…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Martin, Rita J.; And Others. – Texas Tech Journal of Education, 1981
The Summer Adventure in Learning (SAIL) program was developed to train prospective teachers in tutorial methods intended to improve reading achievement. The program's primary instructional objective was to decrease the pupil reading rate resulting in improved reading comprehension. (JN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Programs
Wasik, Barbara A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Reviews the current state of knowledge about various (adult-volunteer) tutoring programs' effects on student achievement. Except for the Howard Street Tutoring Program and the School Volunteer Development Project (two very small programs), the programs reviewed present no unbiased evidence of effectiveness. Comparison groups are needed to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement

McDonough, 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
Rivkin, Fredric A.; Dreiman, Martha – 1973
This program, included in Effective Reading Programs . . . serves approximately 500 pupils in kindergarten through grade six who are eligible for Title I services. About 50 percent of the students are black and about 50 percent are white. Pupil selection is based on low reading capability as determined by test scores, pupil performance, or teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Sevano, Dennis – Executive Educator, 1994
Students can fall behind early in reading and never catch up. Hoboken (New Jersey) teachers are using Reading Recovery, an innovative New Zealand program, to provide low-achieving first graders with daily tutoring sessions for 18 to 22 weeks. Reading Recovery offers confidence-building strategies that combine skill-and-drill and whole-language…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Low Achievement
RMC Research Corp., Mountain View, CA. – 1976
Programed Tutorial Reading is a highly structured tutoring project for first graders. It supplements regular classroom reading instruction and is conducted by either paraprofessionals or high school tutors, not by teachers. The project uses tutoring kits designed to match six of the most commonly used basal reading series. The kits specify in…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Grade 1, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Primary Education
Caldwell, Robert M.; Rizza, Peter J., Jr. – 1979
The Basic Skills Learning System is a modularized network of computer assisted tutorials, drills, tests, printed materials, and videotaped presentations directed at improving the basic reading, math, and language skills of adults who have mastered these skills at a level above third grade but below eighth grade. Advanced computer technology…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
Operations Research, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1974
From 1971 through 1973, a federally-supported project, Project Upswing, tried to help children with minimal learning difficulties to function better and more independently in school. Upswing was conducted by staff from the local university schools of education and the public schools systems. The children were first graders selected by their…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Learning Problems, Primary Education, Reading Improvement
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS), a language arts program that uses one-on-one mentoring to help low-achieving students improve reading and problem-solving skills. Goals of the program include improving academic achievement in reading; building student problem-solving skills; and improving student behavior,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials, Program Content

Caserta-Henry, Carol – Reading Teacher, 1996
Describes the Reading Buddies program in which high school students tutor first graders at risk of failure in reading while receiving training provided by university professors. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, High Risk Students, High School Students
Williams, Polly Franklin – 1974
From 1971 through 1973, a federally-supported project, Project Upswing, tried to help children with minimal learning difficulties to function better and more independently in school. Upswing was conducted by a volunteer staff from the local university schools of education and the public school system. Half of the children were tutored and half…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Learning Problems, Primary Education, Reading Improvement

Fox, Barbara J.; Wright, Maripat – Reading Teacher, 1997
Describes a cross-age reading program called Storymates, which connected school and home literacy experiences of 9-, 10-, and 11-year olds through storybook reading to younger siblings, relatives, and neighborhood friends. Discusses exploring story structure in the classroom; reading storybooks in school and at home; how retellings improved; and…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Aloud to Others

Anderson, Ora Sterling – Reading Horizons, 1984
Describes a reading program that used community volunteers to read aloud to elementary school children. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions, Reading Aloud to Others
Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY. Inst. for Research and Evaluation. – 1975
An evaluation of twelve different New York City Umbrella Programs coordinated in New York City public schools during the 1974-1975 school year is contained in this document. This report presents a description and evaluation of these programs, together with the major findings. The programs were implemented in the following areas: (1) tutoring in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
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