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Benegas J.; Flores, J. Sirur – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
This longitudinal study reports the results of a replication of "Tutorials in Introductory Physics" in high schools of a Latin-American country. The main objective of this study was to examine the suitability of "Tutorials" for local science education reform. Conceptual learning of simple resistive electric circuits was…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Introductory Courses, Physics, High School Students
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Hock, Michael F.; And Others – Journal of Developmental Education, 1995
Investigates whether traditional academic tutors hired to work with underprepared university-level student athletes could learn to implement a strategic approach to tutoring. Indicates that tutors substantially changed their tutoring to include both cognitive and megacognitive learning strategies as well as subject materal. (Includes 27…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Teaching, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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Moust, Jos C.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education, 1994
A study at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) law school found that students (n=200) tutored by other students showed improved academic achievement as high as those (n=207) taught by staff tutors. Data were gathered from overall assessment of essay question responses and a more elaborate propositional analysis of a sample of responses.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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King-Sears, Margaret E.; Cummings, Craig S. – Remedial and Special Education, 1996
This article describes successful practices implemented by general education teachers in inclusive settings. A model for evaluating teacher comfort levels with identified teaching practices is suggested, to target areas in which educators desire support. Two practices, classwide peer tutoring and self-management, are examined to show effects of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Schmidt, Henk G.; Moust, Jos H. C. – 1995
This study tested a causal model of the influence of tutor behavior on student achievement and interest in the context of problem-based learning. Data were gathered from 524 tutorial groups involving students in the health sciences curriculum at the University of Limburg in the Netherlands during 1992-93. Correlations among the 261 tutors' social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Causal Models, College Faculty