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Williams, Gareth J.; Emerson, Anne; Larkin, Rebecca F.; Norman, Christine – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Teaching academic writing skills in a way that engages students in deep learning is difficult and there is a risk of encouraging surface learning approaches. Moreover, linking the experience of the research process to understanding the provenance of research studies is difficult for students as they tend to experience research, referencing,…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Research Skills, Learning Activities, Writing Skills

Matthews, Steve – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes how a college tutoring program uses a strategy called TEST, which takes the ideas behind effective reading and learning and applies them to interactions between the student, the tutor, and the subject. (SR)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Study Skills
Guyer, Barbara P. – 1985
The paper describes the background and development of HELP (Higher Education for Learning-disabled People). The HELP program located at Marshall University (West Virginia) provides testing to determine the presence of a learning disability; individual tutoring in reading, spelling, and written expression; oral tests; note-taking instruction; study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Walker, Carolyn; And Others – 1980
The Learning Assistance Center's peer tutoring program at Stanford University is described in this paper. Ways are suggested to register students as tutees, match them with tutors, operate tutoring sessions, account for and control tutoring hours, evaluate tutoring performance, and train peer tutors. In this program, tutors are Stanford students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Program Administration

Pierson, Gregory N. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
To assist incoming freshmen, a Colorado Springs high school initiated learning resource labs staffed with academic coaches. Combining study hall, homeroom, and advisory group, the labs offer adult tutors, workshops on conflict resolution and study skills, career and technology exploration opportunities, a learning styles inventory, free reading…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, High Schools, Learning Strategies, Program Development
Locke, Evelyn T.; Abbey, David E. – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article describes a two-year learning strategies program for ninth and tenth grade learning-disabled students which involves four tutorial periods and four learning strategy classes per week, and team teaching of strategy development in mainstream classes. The program has fostered independence and generalization of learned strategies to…
Descriptors: Generalization, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Martin, Deanna C.; Blanc, Robert – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1981
Describes the Student Learning Center at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, which identifies and provides support services for high-risk courses, rather than high-risk students. Presents an evaluative research study of the supplemental instruction provided to an American history class and the effects of students' achievement and persistence.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Introductory Courses, Program Descriptions
Gudan, Sirkka; Sudik, Donna – 1981
The academic support system for students at a two-year college is described in this paper. Various sections of the paper discuss (1) procedures for diagnostic testing of academic abilities, perceptual skills, and learning styles; (2) the tutorial program, including staff recruitment and training, program procedures, problems, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Learning Laboratories, Program Descriptions, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement
Starks, Gretchen – 1980
This manual outlines the strategies used by the University of Minnesota Technical College (UMTC) to generate student and faculty support for its reading and writing tutorial program. The manual first outlines 20 factors that contribute to a successful reading program, such as the provision of student support services, the awarding of credit to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Pamphlets, Program Evaluation, Publicity
Dale, Grady, Jr. – 1981
The Learning Assistance Program (LAP) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center was designed to create an inter-school, inter-program network of students and faculty. The aim is to promote a Health Sciences Center-wide approach to help high risk students negotiate high risk courses and to maximize the learning potential of all students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Grade Point Average, Health Education
Hassler, Abby – Inquiry, 2005
The author details a Perkins Grant-funded project of the Medical Education Center at Northern Virginia Community College that is designed to increase student retention by teaching students to identify and to use their learning style preference(s). (Contains 1 chart.)
Descriptors: Medical Education, Cognitive Style, Study Skills, School Holding Power
de Silva, Deema – 1998
This report describes activities of the Student Support Services Program at Wichita State University (Kansas) during 1997-1998, the second year of a five-year federal grant. The program is designed to meet the special needs of limited-income and first-generation college students, and includes study-skill development, peer tutoring, and academic…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Outcomes Assessment, First Generation College Students, Higher Education
Condravy, J. C. – 1990
Slippery Rock University's tutor training program, "Learning Together: An Interactive Approach to Tutor Training," was instituted in January 1983 to prepare newly hired tutors to provide academic and study skills assistance to regularly admitted and academically underprepared students. The program, funded jointly by a state Act 101 grant…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Models

Rhodes, Paula; Swedlow, David – Journal of Dental Education, 1983
A peer tutor program designed to reduce student stress, develop tutor skills, and improve the learning environment is outlined. The program focuses on comprehension of curriculum content, time management, study skills, organization of laboratory projects and study materials, and manual skills development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dental Students, Higher Education, Peer Teaching

Hayes, Jeannie; And Others – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1993
The University of Missouri-Kansas City medical school, which offers a combined bachelor's-medical degree, created a first-year support program to help first-year students meet significant academic and developmental challenges. The program includes academic advising, learning skills assessment, peer and individual tutoring, career counseling, and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Counseling, College Freshmen, Counseling Services
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