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Download full textHunzer, Kathleen M. – 1994
Research assessing the effectiveness of writing tutorial programs should consider how gender contributes to dynamics of the student tutor relationship. In "On Becoming a More Effective Tutor," Lil Brannon catalogues different postures that the writing tutor may adopt: some are more friendly, concerned with the student's self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes
Jelden, D. L. – 1985
This paper is a preliminary report of a pilot study done at the University of Northern Colorado in 1984 using PHOENIX, a mainframe computer based education (CBE) system in a teacher education program. The study deals with the instructional tutorial and a computer based test generation system related to those tutorials. Data on the physiological…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEiserman, William D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The effects of three types of tutoring treatments on the attitudes of learning-disabled and control students (n=124) in grades K-6 were compared. The tutoring programs, involving sign language and reading, produced beneficial effects on attitudes about peers, school, and learning, whereas control students did not experience comparable gains.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Individual Instruction
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1985
This issue of "Investigations in Mathematics Education" contains: (1) 12 abstracts of research studies in mathematics education; (2) a list (by EJ number) of mathematics education research studies reported in the July-to-December 1984 issues of "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE); and (3) a list (by ED number) of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Games
Stasz, Cathleen – 1988
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) aim to improve upon previous computer-aided instruction programs by embedding much of the expert knowledge that good human teachers possess. While ITS research has a practical goal of developing programs that assist students in learning, there is little data on their instructional effectiveness. This paper…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
A study was done to evaluate Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), an instructional cross-age tutoring program in San Antonio (Texas) designed to reduce dropout rates among Hispanic limited-English proficient (LEP) middle-school children, who are at risk of leaving school. The program has these students tutor younger, elementary school students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
