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Direct linkSarah Novicoff; Susanna Loeb – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, tutoring has gained popularity as a strategy to improve the academic achievement of struggling students. Intensive, relationship-based tutoring is a highly effective academic support for many students. A range of tutoring approaches are available to accelerate young students' literacy. Sarah Novicoff and Susanna Loeb…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Tutoring, COVID-19, Pandemics
Koselak, Jeremy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
One high-leverage strategy rooted in a strong research base--the revitalized tutoring center--provides a wealth of opportunity to students who may be otherwise underserved. This embedded, open-all-day tutoring center supports collaborative teacher teams by using peer tutors and community volunteers. By centralizing resources and providing supports…
Descriptors: High School Students, Tutorial Programs, Tutors, Peer Teaching
Mowschenson, Julie Joyal; Weintraub, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
This article describes Brookline High School's new Tutorial Program, an alternative to the more traditional special education learning center. The Tutorial serves students with learning disabilities, replacing conventional special education support with academic guidance from regular classroom teachers. Tutorial students meet daily with a team of…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Mehta, Martha – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
The Teaching-Learning Communities project has "apprenticed" hundreds of children to 125 "grandpersons" actively involved in 16 schools. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Elementary Education, Older Adults
Wasik, Barbara A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Reviews the current state of knowledge about various (adult-volunteer) tutoring programs' effects on student achievement. Except for the Howard Street Tutoring Program and the School Volunteer Development Project (two very small programs), the programs reviewed present no unbiased evidence of effectiveness. Comparison groups are needed to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Gordon, Edward E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
Describes the individualized instructional approach of the Imperial Tutoring and Educational Services school in Chicago (Illinois), which offers tutoring by certified personnel for remedial and enrichment purposes. The program recently became the first tutorial school fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Home Schooling, Individualized Instruction
Weaver, Roy A.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Examines the Home Tutorial Program in the San Fernando Valley of California in the areas of organization, parent attitudes, learning environment, achievement, and socialization. Compare the home program with the Los Angeles Unified School District. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Costs, Educational Environment, Intermediate Grades
