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Murray, Tom – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 1998
Describes tools for authoring all aspects of a knowledge-based tutor system: domain model, teaching strategies, student model, and learning environment. Discusses a number of design issues and design tradeoffs that are involved in building intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Higher Education

Hughes, Charles A.; Maccini, Paula – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
A review of 21 research studies on computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in mathematics with students having learning disabilities found that drill and practice formats have predominated over game, tutorial, or simulation formats. Overall, CAI was found to be an effective medium for mathematics instruction. Suggestions for further research and for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Educational Games, Educational Technology

Drew, Margaret – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Presents a project to develop emergent literacy awareness and increase success with reading and writing through the America Reads program. Suggests the value of early experience and interaction with print in children's reading and writing development. Finds that approaches in which systematic code instruction is included alongside meaning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness

Temple, Charles – Reading Teacher, 1999
Describes the plight of the Roma (the preferred word for "Gypsy") in Romania, and the Roma Tutoring Project, intended to help Roma children succeed in school. Discusses the project's activities to sponsor the writing of children's books in Romania based on Roma children and culture, and with a tutor training project based on the language…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism
Baderin, Mashood A. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2005
As part of continual efforts towards improving learning and teaching in the faculty, lecturers in the law faculty of the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol debated the question of students' attendance and quality of tutorials in a recent email discussion amongst themselves. At the end of the debate the need for further research on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Visschers-Pleijers, Astrid J. S. F.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; Van der. Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
Introduction: In group learning settings like problem-based learning (PBL), the quality of interaction is closely related to group success. However, research and practice have shown that the interaction in tutorial groups is not optimal. In the present study, a questionnaire was used to measure students' perceptions of occurrence and desirability…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Questionnaires
Azevedo, Roger; And Others – 1995
This paper explains the rationale for utilizing computer-based, hypermedia tutorials for radiology education and presents the results of a field test of this educational technique. It discusses the development of the hypermedia tutorials at Montreal General Hospital (Quebec, Canada) in 1991-92 and their use in the radiology residency program. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
Fasko, Sharla Nichols – 1994
This study used a multiple-baseline-across-subjects design to assess the effectiveness of a peer tutoring intervention for fluency in basic math facts. Specifically, this study assessed the rate of recall of multiplication facts throughout the intervention period and determined whether the progress was matched by improvement in actual classwork.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
McBride, Paula – 1995
To promote active student learning and improve student self-reliance, the Learning Center at Utah's Salt Lake Community College has designed several innovative training activities for peer tutors. In one activity, which seeks to demonstrate the importance of student feedback, peer tutors sit back to back while one in the role of "tutor"…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Individual Instruction
A City Year. On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers.
Goldsmith, Suzanne – 1993
City Year is a community-service program based in Boston (Massachusetts) that has frequently been praised as a model for other service programs. In City Year, young people of all races and from differing backgrounds work together for 9 months on public service programs ranging from physical labor to tutoring. Volunteers receive a small stipend and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Dynamics
Butler, Deborah L. – 1997
This paper describes research evaluating one intervention model designed to promote self-regulated learning by postsecondary students with learning disabilities, the Strategic Content Learning (SCL) approach. SCL aims to teach students to engage recursively in the full set of activities central to self-regulation by providing calibrated…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Ananda, Nandang; And Others – 1997
There is no lack of debate regarding year-round schooling. Emotions run high when school districts tamper with the "traditional" agrarian school calendar and adapt a year-round calendar. This study examines one program in a multi-track year-round elementary school, a tutoring program delivered during the students' intersession. Through…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, School Schedules
Piquette, MariceAnn – 1994
This practicum developed a multimodal approach for remediation of "main idea" reading comprehension deficits with secondary school students having behavior disorders. The six target students (ages 12 to 18) attended a school within a psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center and were reading significantly below grade level.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Individualized Instruction, Journal Writing, Psychiatric Hospitals
Lipsky, Sally, Ed. – 1999
This document presents 13 keynote addresses and major papers presented at the 1997 and 1998 conferences of the Pennsylvania Association of Developmental Educators. The papers are: (1) "Developmental Education: History of Implications" (Hunter Boylan, 1997 keynote speaker); (2) "Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century: Seven Habits of Highly…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Butler, Beverly A.; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides information for the instructors (tutors) of the Shippensburg University Learning Assistance Center (LAC). It discusses the need for tutoring, what the tutoring program is about, and who should be encouraged to attend tutoring sessions. Also, through chapters written by educators with experience in the tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Higher Education