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Download full textCDS Report, 1990
This collection of descriptions of research at the Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students opens with the discussion of a synthesis of research on the effects of one-to-one tutoring programs used in first grade to prevent reading failure produced by Barbara Wasik and Robert Slavin. The synthesis reviews stringent…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Maxwell, Martha – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1990
Studies suggest that developmental students like peer tutoring, are more relaxed with peers, and feel that peer tutoring helps their grades. However, the small number of studies on college tutoring provides no consistent evidence that underprepared students who are tutored improve either their grades or grade point averages. The students who do…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, High Risk Students
Kimball, George H. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1981
The report evaluates the 1980-81 Title IV-A Indian Education Program consisting of three components designed to address special priority needs of Indian students in the Oklahoma City Public School System. Performance goals of the first component, supplementary academic assistance, were long-term tutoring of Indian students who scored below the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attendance, Careers, Counseling Services
