The adoption of active learning instructional practices in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to result in improvements in student learning, contribute to increased retention rates, and reduce the achievement gap among different student populations. Descriptions of active learning strategies…

Discusses the selection and training of student tutors for college reading programs, the supervision of tutors, and studies of the effectiveness of college-level peer tutoring programs. (GT)

A one-year study of peer tutoring in social studies was conducted among seventh grade students in Buchanan, Georgia. Although peer tutoring took place in the experimental group, the same text, supplementary materials, classroom activities, and teaching methodologies were used in both the experimental and control groups. Both groups were given…

Students participating in tutorial programs--both as tutors and tutees--show greater cognitive and attitudinal gains than do students who are not involved in such programs. However the common belief that tutorial programs greatly enhance participants' self-esteem appears to be groundless. (Author/JM)

This study describes in detail the synthesis of two relatively new, widely accepted and critically approved teaching methods, writing workshops and peer tutoring programs, in a coordinated program designed to improve student writing skills and attitudes. After tracing the origin of this experiment to specific concerns about the use of standard…

This document describes a 26-month proposed project to explore, through a multi-factor experimental design, some cognitive and affective consequences on both tutee and the tutor, of classroom reorganization for same-age peer tutoring. College students will serve as subjects. Volunteers from the same course section will be paired. Within each pair…

The purpose of this practicum was to implement and evaluate a peer tutoring program designed to raise the reading level of a selected group of low-achieving students at Harry Stone Middle School, an all-black, sixth- and seventh-grade school in the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District. Objectives were twofold: to raise the grade-equivalent…

Studies the effects of cross-age tutoring on academic and social development. Finds that class teachers, students, and schools consider the projects to be successful and enjoyable, and that they wish to continue with the projects in the future. (MG)