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Seton Hall Univ., South Orange, NJ. – 1971
In May 1971, Seton Hall University developed a 6-week program designed to alleviate the academic losses that students suffered as a result of the 11-week teachers' strike in Newark, New Jersey. This experimental design has evolved into a year-round project in Newark for 1971-72. Thirty-six prospective teachers in two high schools and 125 teachers…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Programs, Educational Responsibility, Individual Instruction
Maine Univ., Farmington. – 1971
The Program of Basic Studies (P.B.S.) is a 2-year-old project developed at the University of Maine at Farmington. The program provides a means for college entrance and a subsequent support program for disadvantaged and physically handicapped individuals. A secondary objective concerns the training of undergraduates as tutors, tutor-counselors, and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Group Instruction, Handicapped Students
Woodley, Cornett; Keem, George – 1976
A program designed to provide field based experience to students of education by engaging them in tutoring activities in elementary schools is described. This direct first-hand teaching experience is offered at the sophomore level of college. One important feature of the program is the control that each child's teacher has over the tutoring…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Individual Instruction
Saint Peter's Coll., Jersey City, NJ. Dept. of Education. – 1973
The 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards Entry from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey is Project Pyramid, a 3-year tutorial, field experience program which provides two different groups of college, high school, and elementary school students with the opportunity to work together in a teaching-learning situation. Twenty St. Peter's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Field Experience Programs, High School Students, Individual Instruction
Wood, Peter H. – 1977
The Help-a-Child Tutoring Project was designed to provide college students with practical tutor/teaching experience while also providing local school children with academic tutors. This project description has six subdivisions, which present brief descriptions of: (1) the project's recent history; (2) the organization and sequence of the program;…
Descriptors: Helping Relationship, Individual Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Programed Tutoring
Sheets, Rick A. – 1994
This study examines the impact of tutor training on the efficacy of adult peer tutors in colleges and universities. The author argues that many institutions hire tutors based on their GPAs, and do not train them to be tutors. For the college programs that do provide training, little research exists which identifies what topics should be included,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Individual Instruction