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Rizzolo, Patricia – Improving College and University Teaching, 1982
A university English department's writing center uses peer tutors trained in questioning, explanation, and constructive criticism techniques. Among the issues raised are tutoring adult students and writing across the curriculum. The program has been an effective method of encouraging good writing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Instruction
Brown, Nancy M.; Hakanson, Edward E. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist volunteers in tutoring adult readers who read below the ninth-grade level. It was intended to be used as a supplement to the tutor training programs for volunteers at Drake University. The following topics are discussed in the guide in either narrative or question-and-answer format: getting started as a tutor,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Brown, Nancy M.; Hakanson, Edward E. – 1985
This curriculum plan contains materials for tutors to use in teaching adults to read. It was developed for the Drake University reading tutoring program. The curriculum plan is organized in four levels. The first level covers letter recognition, handwriting, auditory discrimination, sound/symbol coordination, short vowel sounds, sight words, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Download full textHakanson, Edward E., Ed.; Gunderson, Doris V., Ed. – 1986
This guide was developed to assist volunteers in tutoring adult readers who read below the ninth-grade level. The following topics are discussed in the guide in either narrative or question-and-answer format: getting started as a tutor, who are the clients, getting acquainted, tutoring procedures, and teaching decoding skills. Procedures for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1994
Instructors from two campuses of Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in Wisconsin were asked to judge the effectiveness of two integrated learning systems (ILS): the Computer Systems Resource (CSR) and Foundations for Success (FFS) systems, both of which are designed to provide adult learners with remedial instruction in reading, writing, and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Courseware, Educational Media, Instructional Material Evaluation
Davies, Peter – 2002
The key features of student achievement were examined at twelve sixth form colleges (SFCs) in the United Kingdom with an emphasis on strategies to maintain and improve performance. It was found that students at SFCs have on average higher prior attainment and suffer less deprivation than their counterparts in General Further Education and Tertiary…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Persistence
