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Adler, Jerry – Newsweek, 1998
Examines the increasing demand for and proliferation of commercial tutoring services for grade school students. Discusses the approaches of several such programs, as well as the goals and attitudes of parents enlisting such services for their children. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Performance Factors, Remedial Instruction
Download full textVan Wessem, Katherine – 1968
Underachievers from junior high grades were assigned to tutor younger children classified as slow learners. Tutors volunteered and were given choices as to what they would teach; however, stress was usually on their own educational needs. No research was presented but a general evaluation of the program indicated success. Students learned from…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Instruction
