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Mills, Melissa; Rickard, Brian; Guest, Bob – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Mathematics tutoring centres exist in varying forms at universities across the United States of America. Despite having similar goals, these centres vary a great deal in their practices, resources, and organizational structures. In this study, the researchers conducted a survey of mathematics tutoring centres in the United States in an effort to…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Mathematics Instruction, Tutorial Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Louw, Ina – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
Tutorials/discussion classes are seen as an essential part of the teaching mix in the natural sciences, because that is where problems can be solved and course content is applied. Learning support provided by teaching assistants may free up the lecturer to do research, but are these assistants sufficiently well trained and well informed? Do…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Teaching Assistants, Research Universities, Tutors
Drake, Melita – 1986
This document provides (1) an annotated bibliography of 30 studies of the educational and social benefits of tutoring programs for handicapped and non-handicapped tutors and tutees and the importance of training in tutoring programs, and (2) a 6-page summary of the findings. Annotations are organized in five sections concerning training in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Disabilities, Educational Practices