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Anderson, Jean P. – English Journal, 1970
Relates the experiences of students at Joel E. Ferris High School (Spokane, Washington) who tutored culturally deprived elementary school students. (SW)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Schultz, Mary Alice – Momentum, 1982
Describes the Mercy Tutoring Services Program, which provides individualized instruction in basic academic and life skills for high school dropouts, suspended or expelled students, those assigned to the program by Juvenile Court, or students with chronic truancy or behavioral problems. Suggests ways of implementing the model elsewhere. (AYC)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Compensatory Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
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Wiebe, James H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1983
Several major factors must be considered when developing or assessing tutorial microcomputer software for mathematics instruction. Both learning considerations and curriculum considerations are discussed in some detail. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Cohen, Peter A.; Kulik, James A. – Educational Leadership, 1981
Students participating in tutorial programs--both as tutors and tutees--show greater cognitive and attitudinal gains than do students who are not involved in such programs. However the common belief that tutorial programs greatly enhance participants' self-esteem appears to be groundless. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching
Furcron, Margaret – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1980
Addresses issues relevant to the implementation of tutoring programs in a four-step sequence: (1) obtaining institutional support and selecting a director; (2) choosing facilities and determining the types of tutors required; (3) selecting, training, and supervising tutors; and (4) determining hours of service, recording-keeping requirements, and…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Peer Teaching, Postsecondary Education
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Walker, Elaine – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
Describes the establishment and operation of adult Individual Learning Centres in New South Wales (Australia) colleges to provide a flexible alternative to existing college preparatory courses. The Centres include alternative instructional methods, individual study, self-instructional materials, open entry/exit arrangements, and teacher tutoring.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Preparation, Continuing Education Centers, Foreign Countries
Beckett, Jack – California Journal of Teacher Education, 1976
Two groups of migrant children were the subject of this study: the first was taught by tutors, assigned to specific children, using team teaching under the direction of a master teacher; the second received supplementary services from the school districts where they were enrolled including specialists and teacher aides. The first group made…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Mobility, English (Second Language)
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Pontillo, James J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1977
A self-instructional language program can offer rewarding and stimulating study to the motivated and gifted student. It provides a challenging approach to language learning and an opportunity to study a language not offered in the curriculum. Lessons are recorded on tape cassettes; lab work and tutorial sessions are used. (CHK)
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Independent Study, Individual Instruction, Language Instruction
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Ginsburg-Block, Marika; Fantuzzo, John – School Psychology Quarterly, 1997
Investigated the relationship between peer-tutoring interactions of dyads and experience in a reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) program in mathematics. Analysis of 40 at-risk fourth- and fifth-grade students indicates that RPT participants displayed significantly higher rates of mathematics achievement, social acceptance, and other favorable measures…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Brothen, Thomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Argues that demandingness, responsiveness, and self-regulation could be used to organize, explain, and predict useful techniques for developmental education practitioners. Also contends that student self-regulation is developed in demanding and supportive environments. Stresses the need for a training initiative in developmental education.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Developmental Studies Programs, Outcomes of Education
Sassi, Anthony – Computing Teacher, 1990
Describes a program that used the concept of cross-age tutoring to introduce computers to kindergarten students with the help of sixth graders. The use of FunWriter and other software is described, the importance of graphics is emphasized, and benefits to both groups of students are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware, Cross Age Teaching
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Finke, Charles L. – Journal of Legal Education, 1989
A study of the fairness and utility of race-conscious academic support services offered at law schools finds that law schools should increase academic support for nontraditional students. A University of Oregon program is used to illustrate the potential for program success. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Ancillary School Services, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions)
Teaching Music, 1994
Discusses the use of computers and computer software in music education. Describes software programs that utilize tutorial, drill-and-practice, and hypermedia approaches. Includes two figures listing selected hypermedia programs and sources of tutorial and drill-and-practice programs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education, Hypermedia
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Ntiri, Daphne W. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Describes a university literacy tutorial program in which older adult college students received tutor training and then carried out one-to-one reading tutorials with adult male learners who were rehabilitating addicts. Offers two case studies, and shows that the program had a significant impact on tutors' commitment to community volunteerism and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
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Mortweet, Susan L.; Utley, Cheryl A.; Walker, Dale; Dawson, Harriett L.; Delquadri, Joseph C.; Reddy, Shalini S.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Hamilton, Sandy; Ledford, Deborah – Exceptional Children, 1999
This study investigated the academic effects of classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) in spelling for four students with mild mental retardation (MMR) and their typical peers in two inclusive classrooms (grades 2 and 3). Results indicated increased spelling accuracy and increased levels of engagement for students with MMR and their typical peers during…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools
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