The High School Homework Program was designed to provide eligible high school students, grades 9 through 12, with intensive individualized remedial instruction in reading, mathematics, and language as well as assistance with daily homework assignments. The major objectives of the program were to help students who were two or more years retarded in…

Reported is a summer tutorial project in Columbia, South Carolina, in which high school and college students tutored elementary school children. Remedial reading and math were emphasized, and arts and crafts and recreational activities were also provided. Field trips were used to reward regular student attendance. The report describes the project…

Presents the tutorial method of remedial reading instruction used in the Language Arts Center at Louisiana State University, New Orleans. College students majoring in elementary education worked with 8 to 16-year-olds to establish reading skills and more positive attitudes. A personal approach seemed to produce better results than the normal…

A learning center at San Bernardino Valley College was established to diagnose and correct reading deficiencies in their students. The learning center focuses on specific reading skills and uses prescriptive teaching to tailor the method and materials to the individual students. Test scores indicate the particular reading problems the student has,…

An operational description of the 1973-74 Buddy-Tutor Project at Hilo Intermediate School in Hilo, Hawaii and an evaluative assessment of its outcome with statistical treatment of the data is provided in this report. This project is an exploratory behavioral intervention program for educationally deprived students and focuses its efforts on the…