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Holliday, Tacy – Learning Assistance Review, 2012
Many learning center administrators understand the need to evaluate the effectiveness of their tutoring programs, but they do not have much free time to design and conduct meaningful research. This article presents a method of evaluation that can be used to determine whether students were able to demonstrate understanding after a tutoring…
Descriptors: Learning Centers (Classroom), Tutorial Programs, Administrators, Program Evaluation

Bruce, Jennifer E.; Trammell, Jack – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Discusses a study that examines the effects of paired tutoring and mentoring on academic achievement of college freshmen in a probationary program. Results show that students with mentoring and tutoring services by the same person show greater academic gains as measured by compliance and academic achievement than do those students who were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction, Review (Reexamination)

Haley, Jennifer – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Analyzes a tutor survey conducted at Ball State University (Indiana) and addresses pragmatic questions related to issues of tutor motivation. States that the goals of the research are to improve hiring, training, and managing procedures of tutor coordinators, and to offer a better understanding of tutors. (Contains four tables and seven…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Job Satisfaction, Long Range Planning

Gattis, Kenneth W. – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Argues that a controlled study of Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions in college chemistry showed that participants benefited from SI sessions to an extent that cannot be explained only by their higher levels of motivation. Reports that SI includes services such as one-on-one, drop-in, and group tutoring. (Contains 11 references.) (AUTH/NB)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education

Brothen, Thomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Argues that demandingness, responsiveness, and self-regulation could be used to organize, explain, and predict useful techniques for developmental education practitioners. Also contends that student self-regulation is developed in demanding and supportive environments. Stresses the need for a training initiative in developmental education.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Developmental Studies Programs, Outcomes of Education