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Sugimoto, Roy, Ed. – 1975
Articles in this publication were presented at the 1975 eighth annual COnference of the Western College Reading Association, the theme of which was "College Learning Skills Today and Tomorrowland." The keynote address presented by Gene Kerstiens was titled "The New Learners: Focus for the Future." Titles of some of the other 36 articles are:…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Maloney, John D. – 1976
The Ohlone College Reading Center had developed an integrated system of diagnostic testing procedures, individualized prescription of skill building materials, and the training of reading tutors which provides the remedial reading student with personalized instruction based on his specific skills needs. The key to this successful program is the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Individual Instruction, Peer Teaching, Reading Centers
George, John E.; Prugh, Linda S. – 1974
This paper reports on an intensive, highly-structured, one-to-one tutoring system used as a model program. The "Tutor-Student System in Beginning Reading," the basic instructional material for the model program, was developed to train tutors to say and do what the reading specialist normally says and does when teaching reading in a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Higher Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction
Ronshausen, Nina L. – 1975
The "Programed Math Tutorial" is an approach to individualizing instruction through the use of tutoring by paraprofessionals and peer teaching. Designed for use in the primary grades, the program incorporates training tutors in the determination of acceptable or unacceptable answers. Tutors are given detailed instruction on the use of materials…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Individualized Instruction, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Ellson, D. G. – 1969
The results of testing some 1,265 first-grade students who took part in the Tutorial Reading Project for the full 1968-69 school year in Indianapolis are reported. Subjects were selected from the lower third of the first grade, based on Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test scores and teachers' judgments. Separate pretesting and post-testing was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Schools, Grade 1, Pretests Posttests
Crenshaw Community Youth Study Association, Los Angeles, CA. – 1968
Eighty high school students from economically deprived homes in Los Angeles were trained to tutor third through sixth graders in reading. Selection of tutors was based on low reading achievement scores and teacher recommendation. Twenty middle-income youths also participated, as well as other volunteers. Tutors were trained in four 3-hour sessions…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, High School Students
Badger, Earladeen D. – 1969
This study hypothesized that mothers from a low socioeconomic area could be trained by teachers to implement an infant tutorial program using their 1- to 2-year-old children as subjects. The 20 mothers recruited were ADC recipients or met the OEO poverty definition. Mothers agreed to attend a 2 hour weekly class to learn teaching techniques to be…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Infants
Davis, Alan; And Others – 1974
The development of an interactive error analysis system for a highly interactive programing language compiler is explored. A project is underway at the University of Illinois to automate the teaching of elementary computer science programing language courses by utilizing the PLATO IV interactive computer system. One goal of the project is to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Glick, D. Marvin – 1973
This report presents results of Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) during the fall 1972 semester in an introductory Biology class at North Country Community College. Fifty-seven students were enrolled in the course at the beginning of the semester. Course content was divided into 20 units of study. A study guide was written for each unit…
Descriptors: Biology, Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Evaluation
Kellerman, Anne; MacDonald, Geraldine E. – 1973
A new approach to computer-assisted instruction (CAI) called Author Tutorial System (ATS) was field tested in a National Science Foundation-sponsored school consortium in New York State. ATS was designed as a package of authoring functions written in the APL interactive programing language to enable authors who are not experienced programers to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Butts, Priscilla; Sanders, June – 1972
This manual presents information on how to conduct a tutorial reading program that features a plan for motivating students. The program is intended for upper elementary and junior high school students who read approximately on a second- or third-grade level. The basis for this program is an instructional design, the Staats "Motivated Learning"…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students, Motivation Techniques, Reading
Snow, Jerry; And Others – 1975
The purpose of the Tutorial Assistance Program evaluation was to determine the impact of tutoring on student achievement and academic abilities. Three questionnaires were completed by 178 males and 163 females at the University of Texas at Austin who received tutoring in the 1975 spring semester. One questionnaire was completed prior to tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Research
And Others; Buckey, Amy – Adult Leadership, 1976
Describes a program at Duke University on continuing education for women students returning to the university classroom. (ABM)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
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Powell, Jack V.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
The influence of the Athens (Georgia) Tutorial Program upon the academic achievement of 256 low socioeconomic students in grades 3-8 was studied. The study covered a 3-year period. Results showed the positive impact of the program, but accurate evaluation was not possible because complete records were not available. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Attendance, Blacks, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education
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Lynn, David Reimer – School Counselor, 1986
Describes a high school peer-helping program that involves students in implementing the educational, social, and philosophical goals of the school. The program has three major functions: peer tutoring, peer counseling, and articulation. (ABB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Guidance Programs, Helping Relationship, High School Students
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