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Dan S. Petrescu; Armin Yazdani; Cassidy R. VanderSchee; Christopher A. Bailey; Faygie Covens; David N. Harpp – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2021
Large undergraduate courses make it difficult for students to achieve learning outcomes, in part due to the lack of resources available to course instructors to support student learning in these intimidating and often impersonal settings. One way to support instructor teaching and student learning is the implementation of undergraduate peer…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching
Willman, Salla; Lindén, Rolf; Kaila, Erkki; Rajala, Teemu; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Salakoski, Tapio – Computer Science Education, 2015
Computer aided assessment systems enable the collection of exact time and date information on students' activity on a course. These activity patterns reflect students' study habits and these study habits further predict students' likelihood to pass or fail a course. By identifying such patterns, those who design the courses can enforce positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Habits, Introductory Courses, Programming
Bargate, Karen – Africa Education Review, 2015
Many higher education students embark on a study of accounting under the misconception that accounting requires a high level of proficiency in manipulating data and being good with numbers, while believing that linguistic competence, especially as it relates to writing, is of less importance. This article reports on a study that examined 15…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Qualitative Research, Accounting, Student Experience

Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Spencer, Vicky; Fontana, Judith – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
A study compared the reading fluency, comprehension strategies, and content test scores of 16 students with mild disabilities who participated in a nine-week world history class taught using peer tutoring or teacher-directed guided notes. Students who were participated in peer tutoring significantly outperformed the other students on content-area…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, History Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies

Haning, Blanche C.; Donley, Jan; Eckard, Norma – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2002
Examined the results of at-risk students' participation in a learning strategies tutorial concurrently with enrollment in general biology. Results were mixed, but refinement of the tutorial in a follow-up study showed positive changes in learning behavior and higher final grades than at-risk control group students. (EV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Butler, Beverly A.; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides information for the instructors (tutors) of the Shippensburg University Learning Assistance Center (LAC). It discusses the need for tutoring, what the tutoring program is about, and who should be encouraged to attend tutoring sessions. Also, through chapters written by educators with experience in the tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Higher Education

Hirsch, Linda – College ESL, 1996
Discusses interviews of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' conducted to assess their reactions to a tutorial project for improving cognitive performance in content courses through the use of talk and writing as learning tools. The study concludes that ESL learners should be given opportunities to use their own language resources to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Students, Educational Environment

Smith, Julia B.; And Others – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1992
A study with 46 university students investigated whether participation either in a required first-year course in academic skills development or in required tutoring influenced students' academic self-efficacy, as measured by self-reported abilities and projected grades. Results support the use of required external academic support. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students, Expectation
Fuchs, Douglas; And Others – 1996
A classwide peer tutoring program in reading, implemented at 12 elementary and middle schools in three contiguous districts in the middle of a southern state, was evaluated for its effectiveness with three learner types: low achievers with disabilities, low achievers without disabilities, and learners of average achievement. Twenty teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Peled, Ofra N.; Kim, Anna C. – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes a new method of evaluating the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model as implemented in a high-risk biology course at an urban multicultural university campus. Examination grades indicated that the average grade of participants in classes that had SI sessions was significantly higher than that of participants in classes where SI sessions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Biology, Diversity (Student)
Anderson, Betty Marie; And Others – 1989
The Academic Skills Center at Black Hills State University provides a peer assistance program comprising both individual tutoring in classes offered in each academic division and credit classes in study skills. The goal of the Center is to respond effectively and quickly to individual educational needs of students and faculty through a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Students, Cooperative Learning