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Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Marcus, Marie – J Teacher Educ, 1970
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Demonstration Centers, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSearls, Evelyn F.; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1982
Reports that at the first grade level, parental tutoring appeared to produce significant increases in student reading, language arts, and math achievement, while at the second grade level there were no significant differences on posttest measures between groups receiving tutoring from their parents and those not. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 1, Grade 2, Language Arts
Download full textKlaus, David J. – 1975
Peer tutoring and other innovative uses of students in teaching roles have received considerable attention because of the academic and social gains which can be observed among participating children. Teachers who want to try peer tutoring often encounter difficulty in devising workable programs for their own classrooms, however, because most…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Programs
Dorsey, Mary E., Comp. – 1975
This handbook is designed for tutors in a language arts tutorial program for migrant students who are deficient in reading and language skills. Introductory materials discuss the special problems of migrant children, point to programs developed to meet their needs, and explain the basic design of the tutorial program. The handbook then discusses…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
National Association of Independent Schools, Boston, MA. – 1978
Following a conference on reading and study skill development in secondary schools, the seven independent schools involved were asked to describe how they develop the skills needed by their students. The resulting report includes a discussion of the problems involved in teaching study skills and offers descriptions of the following: a small…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Individualized Instruction, Junior High Schools
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1982
In 1981-82 there were 58 districts in Kentucky which provided programs and services for 6,364 migratory children. Of that total, currently migratory (interstate) accounted for 13%, currently migratory (intrastate) accounted for 19%, and formerly migratory accounted for 68%. Approximately 81% of the students were in grades pre-kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Annual Reports, Attendance, Communication Skills
