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Dageforde, Mary L. – 1978
This report documents the BASIC Instructional Program (BIP), a "hands-on laboratory" that teaches elementary programming in the BASIC language, as implemented in the MAINSAIL language, a machine-independent revision of SAIL which should facilitate implementation of BIP on other computing systems. Eight instructional modules which make up…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Garstka, Polly – 1979
The role of tutoring services in special programs designed to meet the needs of non-traditional community college students was studied through a review of the literature on history of tutoring programs, the development of special programs to meet the remedial, developmental, and compensatory education needs of underprepared students, special…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, Nontraditional Students
Public Education Association, New York, NY. – 1979
This guide describes specific strategies that can be used by an adult tutor to help students prepare for the high school basic competency test in mathematics and reading. Included are test taking tips and a series of suggestions for practice work in reading and math. The use of practical materials such as newspaper advertisements and telephone…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Individual Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Minimum Competency Testing
Dissemination and Assessment Center for Bilingual Education, Austin, TX. – 1974
This guide is a basic reference tool for the paraprofessional working in a preschool Spanish/English bilingual program in a home setting. Characteristics of 3- and 4-year-olds are discussed, followed by procedures for working with parents and with children. Understanding and interpersonal rapport are stressed. A sample home interview form is…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Guides, Instructional Materials
Norman, Donald A. – 1976
Studies of the teaching and learning process provide the basis for this research. The emphasis is on the nature of the tutorial interaction during the learning of complex material, with the eventual goal of being able to construct an automated, computer- controlled tutorial system. An active structural network (a type of semantic network) was used…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Educational Programs, Learning
Smith, Mark Edward – 1975
This study describes in detail the synthesis of two relatively new, widely accepted and critically approved teaching methods, writing workshops and peer tutoring programs, in a coordinated program designed to improve student writing skills and attitudes. After tracing the origin of this experiment to specific concerns about the use of standard…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Instruction, Higher Education
Hedges, Larry V.; Majer, Kenneth – 1976
The results of an evaluation of the Provost's Tutorial Fellowship Program (PTFP), the Tutorial Clinics and an interpersonal communications skills workshop are presented along with recommendations for change. The PTFP met its three objectives: Over 90 percent of the tutees who received a letter grade passed the course (objective 1). A formal system…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Wallach, Michael A.; Wallach, Lise – 1976
Despite recent efforts at compensatory education, thousands of children still go through first grade each year without learning to read. More often than not, these are children of the poor. The underlying assumption of this study is that the major attempt at educational compensation for disadvantaged children have failed because of fundamental…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth
Bruton, Sally A. – 1968
Reported is a summer tutorial project in Columbia, South Carolina, in which high school and college students tutored elementary school children. Remedial reading and math were emphasized, and arts and crafts and recreational activities were also provided. Field trips were used to reward regular student attendance. The report describes the project…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary School Students, Field Trips, High School Students
Williams, Catharine M.; Burnett, Collins W. – 1969
This document describes a cooperative tutorial program designed to break the cycle of educational disadvantagement in urban areas. The program involves three age groups (disadvantaged seventh graders, kindergarten students, and parents of both groups) in three coordinated subprograms: (1) a structured course in human growth and development and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Child Development, Cooperative Programs
Keen, Sadie S. – 1973
This report describes a pilot program set up to test the feasibility of a student out-of-school tutoring service for 4th and 5th graders as a means of providing remedial instruction for potential dropouts. For testing purposes, a small-scale 5-session program was set up, using as tutors 9th through 12th grade volunteer students, from a local…
Descriptors: After School Education, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
Saint Peter's Coll., Jersey City, NJ. Dept. of Education. – 1973
The 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards Entry from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey is Project Pyramid, a 3-year tutorial, field experience program which provides two different groups of college, high school, and elementary school students with the opportunity to work together in a teaching-learning situation. Twenty St. Peter's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Field Experience Programs, High School Students, Individual Instruction
Smith, Ruth Suessmuth – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Macmillan Tutorial System when used as a supplement to regular classroom instruction in beginning reading. The experimental subjects were first grade children who ranked in the lower third of the distribution scores on the Macmillan Reading Readiness Test or who, in the opinion of their…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Reading
Hibbard, Mike – 1973
Because poor "reading ability" is very often a primary obstacle in the learning process, an attempt was made to determine if the first grade child develops some knowledge structure by means other than reading. Instruction in each of six first grade classrooms was in the form of 18 audio-tutorial lessons, each taped to last about 15 minutes and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Cloze Procedure
Kromhout, Ora M. – 1972
Computer tutorial review lessons for a one-quarter lecture course in introductory college physics have been developed and used by approximately 500 students, on a voluntary basis, over a period of several years. The investigation reported here shows that the exam grades of students who used the computer materials are significantly higher (.01…
Descriptors: Achievement, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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