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Download full textSakar, A. Nurhan; Ozturk, Oznur – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
In 2006, following the Bologna Process, Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) adopted a resolution and changed the curriculum of teacher training higher education institutions. This curriculum revision introduced a new course called "Community Service" which aims to raise students' awareness of their responsibilities as individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Web Based Instruction
Peer reviewedJohnson, Harriet – Social Policy, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation
Kieran, Patricia; O'Neill, Geraldine – Australasian Journal of Peer Learning, 2009
Peer-Assisted Tutorials (PATs), a form of Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL), were introduced to a conventional 4-year honours degree programme in Chemical Engineering. PATs were designed to support students in becoming more self-directed in their learning, to develop student confidence in tackling Chemical Engineering problems and to promote effective…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Chemical Engineering, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs
Weatherford, Carol; Seoane, Myriam – 1992
This seven-part guide provides a framework for use in planning, developing, and implementing an evaluation for a tutoring program. Part I provides a brief introduction to the value of evaluating a tutoring program. Part II advises readers first to determine the purpose of their evaluation and the kinds of information to be examined, to consider…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedOakland, Thomas; Williams, Fern C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Examines the effectiveness of peer tutors as a means of facilitating the reading achievement of other children reading below their grade placement. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedCohen, Jiska – Psychology in the Schools, 1986
Addresses the need for a theoretical analysis of the peer tutoring process by discussing: definitions of the process, the psychological and educational processes in peer tutoring as a learning and teaching experience, and the conceptualization of peer tutoring as a cooperative social system and a group reward structure. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Group Dynamics, Objectives, Peer Teaching
Solinger, Rickie – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1978
Describes major features of the peer tutoring program at State University of New York, College of New Paltz. Presents specific suggestions for hiring and training tutors, maintaining staff morale and program visibility, and conducting program evaluations. (DR)
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development
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
Tanner, Wendell R. – 1977
This project was designed to develop and implement a model for providing a physical education program for the students at Bacon County (Georgia) Junior High School utilizing the resources available. The concept was based on the results of effective programs employing peer tutors as instructors. A corollary goal was to provide positive experiences…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Models, Physical Education, Program Descriptions
Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas City, MO. – 1968
Thirty children and their mothers from a poverty area of Kansas City enrolled in a Head Start parent cooperative nursery school. The mothers actively participated in a parent-training program consisting of tutorial training in which a series of lessons designed to teach preacademic concepts and skills to the children was presented to the mothers.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Mothers, Parent Participation
LeVine, Evelyn; Schmitz, Paul – 1972
The Volunteers in Education Project is designed to utilize community volunteers to provide, without charge, various services to the school staff. Other goals are to reinforce the instruction of the teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to students, to make available the talents and resources of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Descriptions
Washington Technical Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
Project VOICE tutoring service at the Washington Technical Institute (WTI) sent an eight-item evaluation questionnaire to students who had used its tutoring service in 1970. The survey was designed to assess the effectiveness of the service from the students' point of view and discover new ways to strengthen the program. Two hundred questionnaires…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMajors, Hughie Lee – Childhood Education, 1971
Describes cross-age tutoring experiment in which sixth graders provided individual help and companionship to first-graders. Tutor gains were subject reinforcement, extended creativity, and meaningful personal relationships. (AJ)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, Grade 6, Individual Instruction
Peer reviewedTrevino, Fernando M.; Eiland, D. C., Jr. – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
A peer tutorial program in the basic sciences implemented at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is evaluated. The grades of students receiving peer tutorials were analyzed and questionnaires were mailed to each participant soliciting their evaluation of services received. Future cost-benefit evaluations are planned. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Students, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation
Wasik, Barbara A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Reviews the current state of knowledge about various (adult-volunteer) tutoring programs' effects on student achievement. Except for the Howard Street Tutoring Program and the School Volunteer Development Project (two very small programs), the programs reviewed present no unbiased evidence of effectiveness. Comparison groups are needed to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
