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Anthony Fong; Min Chen-Gaddini; Min Huang – WestEd, 2025
This report presents findings from an evaluation of the Air Tutors math program during the 2023-24 school year in two school districts: District A in Colorado and District B in Texas. It examines student participation rates and the program's impact on math achievement as measured by both state standardized summative assessments and district-level…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Program Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Tutors
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Cassells, Laetitia – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The application of formative assessment principles in higher education has become increasingly important in South Africa. In this case study the researcher assesses the effectiveness of the application of an early warning system to the higher-education environment in a high failure rate subject. This method is applied according to recommended…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Perera, Luckmika; Nguyen, Hoa; Watty, Kim – Accounting Education, 2014
This paper investigates the effectiveness (measured using assignment and examination performance) of an assessment design incorporating formative feedback through summative tutorial-based assessments to improve student performance, in a second-year Finance course at an Australian university. Data was collected for students who were enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Summative Evaluation, Tutorial Programs
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Beck, Robert J.; Skinner, William F.; Schwabrow, Lynsey A. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2013
A study of sustainable assessment theory in nine tutorial courses at four colleges demonstrated that three long-term learning outcomes improved: Independence, Intellectual Maturity and Creativity. Eight of 10 traits associated with these outcomes were validated through internal reliability, faculty and student rubrics, and faculty case studies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, College Faculty, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Harman, Kristyn E. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2010
Individual oral tutorial presentations have been utilised in numerous undergraduate courses to develop and assess students' skills in organising and communicating ideas and information to a select audience. However, evidence from the literature, interviews with academics (n=5), and the author's own experiences have demonstrated that these…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences, Humanities
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Wah, Lee Lay; Keong, Foo Kok – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
The "e-KodBrailleBM Tutorial System" is a web-based tutorial system which is specially designed to teach, facilitate and support the learning of Malay Language Braille Code to individuals who are sighted. The targeted group includes special education teachers, pre-service teachers, and parents. Learning Braille code involves memorisation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Braille, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology