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Peer reviewedHolliday, Frances B.; Edwards, Carole – Educational Leadership, 1978
A Chicago project used the concept of the extended Black family and the interdependence that exists within that relationship to develop a peer-group/cross-age tutoring program as a strategy for teaching and/or reinforcing reading skills. (Author)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBeck, Paula – College English, 1978
Describes how Nassau Community College uses peer tutors to help students with severe writing problems. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching
Burts, Maureen E. – 1990
This practicum report describes a staff development program that was designed to implement a peer tutoring program in which nonhandicapped students instructed three trainable mentally handicapped peers in a regular high-school setting. The program was implemented to increase the achievement of handicapped students in basic academic skills that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
Rizzolo, Patricia – Improving College and University Teaching, 1982
A university English department's writing center uses peer tutors trained in questioning, explanation, and constructive criticism techniques. Among the issues raised are tutoring adult students and writing across the curriculum. The program has been an effective method of encouraging good writing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Instruction
Anderson, Betty Marie; And Others – 1989
The Academic Skills Center at Black Hills State University provides a peer assistance program comprising both individual tutoring in classes offered in each academic division and credit classes in study skills. The goal of the Center is to respond effectively and quickly to individual educational needs of students and faculty through a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Download full textTorres-Gavilanes, Janet – 1993
A project investigating the effects of peer tutoring on students' academic achievement focused on use of tutoring with underachieving, limited-English-speaking 11th- and 12th-graders. The method was designed to use materials readily available and require minimal expenditure of teacher time and resources. Students (n=18) voluntarily attended…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques
Schulman, Sandra – 1981
This two-part report describes the developmental studies program at Los Angeles Pierce College (LAPC) and provides a summary of 1980-81 use figures and evaluations for LAPC's Study Skills Center. After noting the increasing need for developmental studies, the report indicates the methods used to assess students' reading, writing, and mathematics…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language)
Missouri State Dept. of Corrections and Human Resources, Jefferson City. – 1984
An educational research and demonstration program was implemented in learning centers at five correctional institutions across Missouri. Included in the demonstration project were the following programs: a prescriptive learning system that served 253 students; a program in attitude, basic, and life skills; an ex-offender program that involved 20…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change
