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McArthur, David; And Others – 1989
This Note describes several versions of an intelligent tutor for basic algebra that have been developed at the RAND Corporation. The versions of the tutor were built around several core components, including an algebra expert system and a student modeling component that can make inferences about misconceptions underlying students' errors. The…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Equations (Mathematics)
Edwards, Nancy; And Others – 1990
This evaluation of the 1988/89 compensatory education program for neglected or delinquent youth in Houston found that all youth referred to the program had been tested for eligibility but not all those eligible received services. The program is funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and offers tutorial services…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
Benard, Bonnie – 1990
"Peer resource" refers to any program that uses children and youth to work with or help other children and youth; programs such as youth service, cooperative learning, peer tutoring, cross-age tutoring, peer helping, peer mediation, peer leadership, and youth involvement. This paper advocates the adoption of a peer resource model of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cooperative Learning, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Boone, Rieta; Jones, Patricia – 1986
An overview is provided of the benefits and problems associated with using faculty members with classroom teaching duties as volunteers in college-sponsored writing centers outside the classroom environment. First, benefits for the school administration, the students, and the volunteer faculty tutors are outlined. These benefits include the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Teacher Recruitment
Munn, Anne – 1988
The purpose of this project was to produce an integrated program that effectively improves adult literacy, affects employment, enhances employability, and provides career adaptability. The goals directing these efforts were to design a series of modules for teaching reading, writing, and math, and to provide adults with basic employment skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Electronics, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education
Capps, Joan P. – 1984
With focus on improving the effectiveness of the Mathematics Laboratory at Somerset County College, this paper provides background information on individualized instruction programs and learning centers, assesses the current status of the Math Lab, and offers a series of recommendations for immediate implementation. The first sections set forth a…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Individualized Instruction, Program Descriptions
Glassman, Susan – 1984
As part of its peer tutor training program, the writing/reading center at a Massachusetts University conducts a videotape production workshop in which experienced tutors plan, write, and act in a video script used for training new tutors. To proceed with such a program requires no professional skills or special talents, but a television studio…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Horrell, Sallie – 1983
This booklet is a step-by-step explanation of how Gloucester County, Virginia, developed a solid and effective affiliate of Literacy Volunteers of America. It begins with a history of People Organized for Worthwhile Education of Residents (Project POWER). A discussion follows of the planning for this 1-year program for the development of a support…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, English (Second Language), Literacy Education
O'Mahony, Rosalie M.; Jackson, James L. – 1984
Arguing that high attrition rates and low grades in trigonometry classes underscore the need for changes in the approach to trigonometry instruction, these papers suggest an instructional model and present a proposal for its adoption at the College of San Mateo (CSM). The first paper begins with the argument that students' lack of preparation for…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Harris, Alberta Farmer; Owens, LaVerne – 1984
The aim of this booklet is to provide guidelines for community involvement in elementary school educational programs. Included are a list of objectives for volunteer programs; a statement of school board policy on volunteers in Muskogee, Oklahoma schools; a teacher request form for volunteer services; an information sheet for volunteers; a list of…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Birch, Derek W.; Latcham, Jack – 1981
The problems of resource allocation and management within open learning systems in colleges of further and higher education in Britain are discussed in this paper, with particular focus on the deployment of academic staff. First, the components of open learning systems are outlined; e.g., providing materials for students' private study, grading…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Administration, Continuing Education, Faculty Workload
Mott, Charles J. – 1977
The audio-tutorial systems in earth science was developed at St. Petersburg Junior College in response to an unacceptable but not atypical student failure rate at the community college level. This description of the program includes: (1) history of program development, (2) use of student tutors, (3) experimentation with a student paced, mastery…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Earth Science, Individualized Instruction
Watkins, Alice V. – 1981
The study investigated three models--the traditional classroom reading instructional model, a one to one tutorial model, and a reading resource center model--for providing reading instruction to 110 disadvantaged inner city children in junior high school educable mentally retarded (EMR) classes. The effectiveness of programmed instructional…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Inner City, Junior High Schools, Mild Mental Retardation
Gillies, Donald L. – 1978
The need to develop students' critical thinking skills is examined in this paper, along with existing academic support services, federal regulations and requirements, data on minority group students, and measures of program effectiveness. Many programs provide tutorial services to help the student meet the demands of coursework and to increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment
Sides, Charles H. – 1977
Twenty-eight composition teachers at a large university, a two-year college, and an engineering college, all of whom had taught composition through both the tutorial method and typical classroom methods, were interviewed regarding advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches. Among the advantages of tutorials mentioned were the chance to…
Descriptors: College English, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Research