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Starks, Gretchen – 1980
The tutor training sessions at the University of Minnesota Technical College are outlined and an evaluation of the program is included. A bibliography of 38 print and 3 videotape resources for tutor training is also included. Appendixes contain the tutor and tutee handbooks and a study skills kit specifically designed for tutor training.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education
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Brandwein, Ann Cohen; DiVittis, Anthony – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
A quantitative way of measuring peer tutor training programs and peer tutor effectiveness is presented. The evaluation of a peer group training course at Baruch College (City University of New York), for which this questionnaire was developed, is described. This measure is adaptable to most higher education peer tutoring programs. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Program Effectiveness
MacDonald, Ross B. – 1986
These three papers present an organizational framework, an evaluation plan, and a training plan for an integrated cross-curricular tutorial program at Los Medanos College. First, the position paper establishes a standing committee to oversee the Second Generation Tutoring Program and the policies under which the program operates. It focuses on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
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Pennington, Helen – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Describes a training program conducted to prepare graduate students to teach laboratory-tutorial classes in an introductory psychology course. States that the program consisted of four sessions held over six weeks, and included role playing, video feedback, discussion, and written guidelines. Reports a positive reaction to the program. (DB)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Von Harrison, Grant; Cohen, Arthur M. – 1969
The increasing use of upper-grade students as tutors for younger children has been viewed as a means of reducing the achievement gap that exists among culturally-disadvantaged children. However, research has indicated that the potential of such a tutorial arrangement is linked closely to the tutoring techniques used, and unless student tutors are…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Experimental Programs
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Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, AZ. – 1973
The purpose of the project reported on and evaluated in the document is to develop new approaches in Adult Basic Education to motivate undereducated, alienated, and disadvantaged American Indian adults. The project is located in central Arizona, serving a population of about 8,000. High school-dropout rates, unemployment, alcoholism, and health…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Reservations, American Indians