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Young, Martin – J Secondary Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Marcus, Marie – Reading Impr, 1969
Presents the tutorial method of remedial reading instruction used in the Language Arts Center at Louisiana State University, New Orleans. College students majoring in elementary education worked with 8 to 16-year-olds to establish reading skills and more positive attitudes. A personal approach seemed to produce better results than the normal…
Descriptors: College Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Problem Solving, Psychological Characteristics
Fleming, J. Carl – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Group Activities, Individual Instruction, Primary Education

Sharpley, Anna M.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1983
The effectiveness of a supervised cross-age tutoring program in mathematics operations was assessed using 51 grade-six children and 25 grade-five children who tutored 51 grade-three and 25 grade-two children on a one-to-one basis for 30 minutes per day, for 20 days. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Groups, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics

Sewart, David – Distance Education, 1980
Describes the general data management and file processing system created by the Open University to assist the tutor-counsellors in their support of students. The differences between the tutorial and the counselling functions are discussed, details are given of the type of information stored on disc. (EAO)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Counseling, Data Collection, Data Processing

Malamuth, Neil M.; And Others – Journal of Educational Thought, 1981
Implications of social psychological theory and research, particularly in the area of social influence, are examined to provide a theoretical foundation for cross-age tutoring programs. Areas discussed include the effectiveness of various bases of social influence and the effects of tutoring programs on students, tutors, and teachers. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Cowper, Henry; And Others – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
Since 1970, liaisons between the Open University and local providers of adult education have assisted in preparing adults for studying in the Open University. Two examples from joint work with the Workers' Educational Association are cited. (Author/AF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Programs, External Degree Programs

Eckel, Jim – Journal of Reading, 1980
Shows how a structured tutoring program helped increase both student and tutor reading scores. (JT)
Descriptors: Organization, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Effectiveness

Lee, Courtland C. – School Counselor, 1980
Participation in supplemental tutoring led to a significant improvement in classroom behavior although significant changes in achievement and self-concept were not found. Volunteers acted as role models and helped children with personal and social guidance for coping with the educational system. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Thorpe, Mary – Teaching at a Distance, 1979
Tutors and tutor-counselors assist individual students in the Open University. The effects on student's tutors of providing resources to tutor-counselors to offer extra sessions for first-year students who appear to need additional help are reported. (JMF)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Attitudes, External Degree Programs, Higher Education

Almasy, Rudolph; England, David – English Education, 1979
Describes a successful experimental program at West Virginia University which involved using undergraduate English Education majors as tutors in the Writing Laboratory. (DD)
Descriptors: English Education, Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories

Newell, Florence M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1996
Describes a study that examined the effects of a cross-age tutoring program on computer literacy learning of second graders. Related literature is reviewed; the training program that used fourth graders to tutor the second graders is explained; and implications for future research is suggested. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Development

Fitzgerald, Jill; Morrow, Lesley Mandel; Gambrell, Linda; Calfee, Robert; Venezky, Richard; Woo, Deborah G.; Dromsky, Ann – Reading Research and Instruction, 2002
Argues that national intervention endeavors should contain evaluation requirements that are sufficiently flexible to allow a range of rigorous evaluation designs. Uses the recent America Reads Challenge and research and evaluation efforts conducted independently at three university sites to illustrate the possibilities and pitfalls in engaging in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Federal Government

Kapperman, Gaylen; Sticken, Jodi – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This article discusses the lack of preparation teachers of students with visual impairments have in the Nemeth Code (the Braille code for mathematics). It then describes a Windows-based tutorial for sighted persons to learn the Nemeth Code, a tutorial for teachers with blindness, and how to access the tutorials. (Contains 10 references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Davies, Scott; Aurini, Janice; Quirke, Linda – Education Canada, 2002
While provincial governments in Canada are increasingly regulating public schools in the name of accountability, more parents are choosing unregulated tutoring businesses or "new sector" private schools. Reasons include a competitive edge, an emphasis on cognitive development, a more personalized environment due to small teacher-student…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction