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Download full textZaritsky, Joyce Ship – 1989
In 1988, a survey was conducted to determine the characteristics and extent of peer tutoring programs at two- and four-year colleges in New York. Data were also collected on supplemental instruction, a variant of peer tutoring in which the peer tutor works closely with a faculty member to help students in identified high-risk courses. Of the 270…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Peer Teaching, Postsecondary Education
Ronacher, Karl; And Others – 1990
The Required Academic Proficiency (RAP) program was established by the Houston (Texas) Independent School District to reduce and remediate the academic failure of students. The purpose of the RAP program was twofold: (1) to provide supplemental instruction to students identified as being at risk of failing academic subjects; and (2) to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedPeled, Ofra N.; Kim, Anna C. – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes a new method of evaluating the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model as implemented in a high-risk biology course at an urban multicultural university campus. Examination grades indicated that the average grade of participants in classes that had SI sessions was significantly higher than that of participants in classes where SI sessions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Biology, Diversity (Student)
