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Schrader, Beverly; Valus, Ann – Academic Therapy, 1990
In this cross-age tutoring project, severely learning-disabled high school students tutored primary students who were having difficulty with reading. Tutors were trained in good teacher behaviors (giving positive and corrective feedback, avoiding overprompting) and in the use of established techniques for teaching reading. (JDD)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Primary Education
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Hiola, Yahya; Moss, Dennis – Distance Education, 1989
Describes an evaluative study conducted at the Universitas Terbuka (Indonesia) that examined the role of face-to-face tutorials as an optional supplement to other instructional materials at a distance education institution. Attitudes, characteristics, and roles of the tutors are examined, and student attitudes are briefly discussed. (21…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Ruddick, Jean; Wilcox, Brian – Research Papers in Education, 1988
The Sheffield Curriculum Initiative (SCI), a partnership between schools, local education authority, university and polytechnic seeks to radically change the curriculum district-wide. Central to SCI is the teacher secondment (sabbatical) program. Teachers spend half of the week in professional development activities, and half in their own schools…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Berger, Edward E. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Describes four models for providing literacy training to rural adults: self-instruction programs based in local libraries; job site training programs; one-to-one instruction programs utilizing volunteers; and mobile delivery systems. Reviews the results of field tests of the models in Kansas community colleges. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Labor Education
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Sady, Michael – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses the various needs of chemistry classes in community colleges. Describes a tutorial package using computers. Reports the students' verbal evaluations and a drop in the dropout rate. (YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Gowdy, E. Alana; Robertson, Shan A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes a study of the characteristics of students using the services of Mount Royal College's Learning Skills Center. Compares center clientele with the general student body in terms of gender, age, year and program of study, enrollment status, first language, and referral source. Center clientele were predominantly female and in their first…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Learning Resources Centers, Remedial Instruction
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Moust, Jos C.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education, 1994
A study at the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) law school found that students (n=200) tutored by other students showed improved academic achievement as high as those (n=207) taught by staff tutors. Data were gathered from overall assessment of essay question responses and a more elaborate propositional analysis of a sample of responses.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Greenwood, Charles R.; Delquadri, Joseph – Preventing School Failure, 1995
Classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) is described as a potential tool for preventing early school failure, with emphasis on three areas relevant to its successful classroom implementation: (1) the classroom program; (2) the administrative model; and (3) implementation quality assessment. Studies showing CWPT's long-term positive effects on academic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Failure, High Risk Students
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Greenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This study of implementation of a classwide peer tutoring program for 108 disadvantaged students found that specific variations in program implementation and teachers' applications of the program produced differential levels of student outcome. Implementation factors considered included, among others, opportunities to receive program sessions and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Influences, Instructional Effectiveness
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McGee, Gail G.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
Three typical preschoolers were trained as peer tutors for three young children with autism. Tutors used incidental teaching to obtain verbal labels of preferred toys by children with autism. Adult supervision and assistance were faded systematically with resulting maintenance of increased reciprocal interactions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Generalization, Incidental Learning, Interaction
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Raber, Laura L.; Lindon, James A. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1992
Describes a month-long tutoring project involving the use of fairy tales which combined storytelling and process writing. Notes that students responded favorably to the project. (RS)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Fairy Tales, Peer Teaching, Process Approach (Writing)
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Bell, David; Leroux, Janice – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper describes an accelerative instructional program in algebra provided to a sixth-grade boy, highly able in mathematics, by parental home tutoring. The boy's high intrinsic motivation and teaching sensitive to his needs and abilities led to successful achievement. (DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Algebra, Case Studies
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Wasik, Barbara A.; Slavin, Robert E. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1993
Reviews 16 studies of 5 1-to-one tutoring models (Reading Recovery, Success for All, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Wallach Tutoring Program, and Programmed Tutorial Reading) used with at-risk first graders. Finds (1) substantial positive effects of tutoring; (2) effects of tutoring are generally lasting; and (3) results were more…
Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Literature Reviews
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Kennedy, Barbara L. – Writing Center Journal, 1993
Describes the five major problems faced by foreign students in traditional composition classes. Presents types of tutorial activities which may prove beneficial when dealing with the major problems that ESL students have in both reading and writing in English. Discusses the effect of such tutorial activities at the University of Kentucky. (HB)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Freshman Composition
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Longwill, Amy Wildman; Kleinert, Harold L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Describes how high school peer tutoring programs can enhance educational outcomes, including increased academic performance, for students with and without moderate and severe disabilities. The role of such programs in educational restructuring is addressed, as is the way such programs can promote general education class participation and community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Educational Change, High Schools
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