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Shenoy, Roopashree; Jain, Animesh; K., Bhagyalakshmi; Shirali, Arun; Shetty, Sneha B.; Ramakrishna, Anand – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
t(TskBL) is a simulated learning approach in which the focus for students is a real task done by a medical professional. TskBL includes standardized patient encounters and is helpful to provide early clinical exposure. Our study aimed at planning, implementing, and assessing TskBL among first-year medical students and comparing it to the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Medical Education, Medical Students, Simulation
Heim, Bernhard; Rupp, Florian; Viet, Nils; Stockhausen, Paul v.; Gallenkämper, Jonas; Kreuzer, Judith – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
The art of teaching freshmen students is undergoing a rapid paradigm change. Classical forms of teaching are not applicable any more and an unmanageable offer of new multimedia tools and concepts is glutting the market. Moreover, compared to previous courses, the class size triples. In view of these challenges, we implemented a new teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Calculus, College Freshmen, Mathematics Instruction
Jackson, T. A.; Evans, D. J. R. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
The General Medical Council states that United Kingdom graduates must function effectively as educators. There is a growing body of evidence showing that medical students can be included as teachers within a medical curriculum. Our aim was to design and implement a near-peer-led teaching program in an undergraduate medical curriculum and assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Bette Chambers; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Philip Abrami; Michele K. Logan; Richard Gifford – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This study evaluated the relative effects of Tier II computer-assisted tutoring in small groups (Team Alphie) and one-to-one tutoring provided to struggling readers in 33 high-poverty Success for All (SFA) schools. In this year-long study, struggling readers in the Team Alphie schools were tutored in groups of 6. In the control schools, students…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Grade 2, Tutoring
Glatthorn, Allan A. – 1968
Following an opening statement explaining the importance of small groups as an educational innovation, the author examines seven different types of groups, their organization and function. 1) The task group involves students in many types of meaningful work, with each member able to make a useful contribution towards the completion of the task. 2)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Innovation, Problem Solving

Chapman, Laura E.; Klein, Perry D. – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2001
This study evaluated the adaptation of individual reading tutorial methods to small-group instruction with 24 low-achieving readers in Grades 2 and 3. Students were instructed in phonemic awareness, phonetic decoding, high-frequency sight words, application of word identification strategies, and rereading of familiar text. Results support use of…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties
Orsborn, Karen J. – Journal of Business Education, 1974
Students test their knowledge of accounting theory by setting up a small business and following through its total development by use of the accounting practice sets. (BP)
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Business Skills, Guidelines

Kelly, Patricia; And Others – English Journal, 1984
Recounts a program that organized composition students into writing teams to overcome (1) too much reliance on a teacher, (2) lack of student cooperation, (3) excessive individual competition, and (4) an overall negative atmosphere concerning writing. (CRH)
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education, Small Group Instruction
Martin, Frances – 1981
Intended as an overview for English department faculty with no direct experience in teaching freshman composition, this report contains a general account of the origin, basic features, and current direction of using tutorial methods in freshman composition classes. The five sections of the report provide the following information: (1) the history…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conferences, Evaluation, Higher Education
Conrad, Eva – 1974
This brief illustrated booklet suggests procedures for the incorporation of planned peer tutoring into daily classroom rountines. This method of instruction has been found to be usable with a variety of academic tasks and is seen as one way to achieve individualization of instruction. The booklet focuses on the definition of peer tutoring;…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Duek, JodyLee Estrada; Wilkerson, LuAnn – 1995
Of concern in the problem-based learning process in medical student education is the effect of allowing students to generate their own learning issues while discussing cases and problems. This study considered learning issues in problem-based learning, studying faculty and student overlap and consistency across learning groups while adding the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Educational Objectives, Group Dynamics
Fretz, Barbara – 1993
This paper outlines a model for delivering small group literacy to adult learners. The model provides an implementation plan consisting of four steps: preparing for a group, getting started with a group, developing the group, and bringing the cycle to a close. Suggestions for implementation are provided for each of the four steps. Information…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Literacy Education
Mitchell Coll. of Advanced Education, Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia). – 1983
A report is given of the development in Australia of telephone tutorials for small group instruction of isolated students with and without the assistance of loudspeaking telephones. The following topics are covered: (1) why use telephone tutorials; (2) location of telephone tutorial centers; (3) equipment; (4) unit and staff selection; (5) pilot…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Brown, Kathleen J.; Morris, Darrell; Fields, Matthew – Journal of Literacy Research, 2005
The present study replicated the original evaluation of the Howard Street tutoring model (Morris, Shaw, & Perney, Perney, 1990), an intervention for struggling readers in second and third grade. It also evaluated the effectiveness of supervised paraprofessionals (Title I aides) in delivering that tutorial. For an entire school year, teachers or…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Tutoring, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David R. – 1990
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City addresses attrition by providing academic support in courses that are high risk for students. The program contains a number of innovative features, for example: high risk courses are identified instead of high risk students, and everyone in those courses is offered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Programs, Dropout Prevention
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