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Download full textHall, Conner – 1975
A program for tutorial assistance and tutor training at the University of Texas at Austin is described in this document. The tutorial assistance program attempts to provide help with both study skills and specific course content, since students experiencing academic difficulty in a specific course may request tutoring aid, not realizing that their…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Programs
Williams, Gilbert H.; And Others – 1971
A learning center at San Bernardino Valley College was established to diagnose and correct reading deficiencies in their students. The learning center focuses on specific reading skills and uses prescriptive teaching to tailor the method and materials to the individual students. Test scores indicate the particular reading problems the student has,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Individualized Instruction, Reading Centers
Beitler, Lorraine; Martin, Irene – 1971
A program to teach learning and reading skills to career-oriented junior and community college students is described. "Learning Strategy" classes are given twice a week, at New York City Community College, and are supplemented with tutorial sessions. The objective of the program is to work from the student's area of highest motivation (his…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Learning Motivation, Reading Centers
Adams, W. Royce – 1970
The origin and development of a tutorial program for community college students experiencing difficulties in reading, mathematics, and writing are described. The program began as a voluntary effort by students and faculty members and has developed into a highly organized program with state support and plentiful materials, supplies, and facilities.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Students, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
Devirian, Margaret Coda; And Others – 1975
A national survey of learning laboratories in institutions of higher education, conducted in 1974, is reported in this document. Questionnaires consisting of 70 items on administration, budget, other programs, facility, staffing, services, clients, hardware and software, and evaluation were sent to all college and university learning centers in…
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Financial Support, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Brottman, Marvin A. – 1975
The purpose of the program described in this report was to improve reading and other basic skills of third- and sixth-grade children by providing a program in which sixth-grade children tutored third-grade children. Three classrooms of third-grade children and three classrooms of sixth-grade children were involved in this endeavor over a…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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
