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Chandler, Theodore A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Proposes a peer-teaching-peer strategy that utilizes the low-achieving External as the tutor, a reversal of the usual procedure. The assumption is that the External must experience and perceive personal control over another child in order to begin orientation toward a more internal outlook. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Psychology, Locus of Control
Twidwell, L. G. – 1980
Four courses in extractive metallurgy (Pyrometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Electrometallurgy; and Physical Chemistry of Iron and Steel) were prepared in a modular, self-paced format. Development of the course materials included: (1) preparation of course outlines by unit coordinators and advisory committees; (2) approval of course outlines (included…
Descriptors: College Science, Continuing Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Bernstein, Judith – 1980
This literacy program guidebook contains specific information for use by volunteer tutors involved in an adult literacy project in Ottawa, Canada, as well as general information on reading instruction techniques, literacy skills, literacy curricula, and resource materials. The origins, objectives, structure, and operations of the Ottawa program…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Habib, Berthe – 1981
Two services offered by Bellevue Community College's Multipurpose Math Lab are described in this report. The first of these is the lab's drop-in tutorial center, which offers tutorial support, worksheets, and other instructional materials to students at all levels of mathematics course work. This section of the report describes the philosophy of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Individualized Instruction
Dale, Grady, Jr. – 1981
The Learning Assistance Program (LAP) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center was designed to create an inter-school, inter-program network of students and faculty. The aim is to promote a Health Sciences Center-wide approach to help high risk students negotiate high risk courses and to maximize the learning potential of all students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Grade Point Average, Health Education
Martin, Frances – 1981
Intended as an overview for English department faculty with no direct experience in teaching freshman composition, this report contains a general account of the origin, basic features, and current direction of using tutorial methods in freshman composition classes. The five sections of the report provide the following information: (1) the history…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conferences, Evaluation, Higher Education
South Oklahoma City Junior Coll., OK. – 1978
Reports of two studies conducted at South Oklahoma City Junior College are presented. In the first study, a questionnaire was used to evaluate the new on-line enrollment process from the student's point of view. Eighty-eight of a sample of 221 students who enrolled during March 1978 responded; 51 were returning students, while 37 were new. When…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment, Institutional Research, Online Systems
HAZARD, WILLIAM R. – 1967
TO EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR FRESHMEN EDUCATION MAJORS WHICH EMPHASIZES DIRECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN THE LECTURE-DISCUSSION FORMAT, THIS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM WAS BEGUN IN 1964. ITS STUDENTS COMBINE A FULL ACADEMIC SCHEDULE WITH CLINICAL EXPERIENCES AS TEACHER AIDES, TUTORS, OBSERVERS, AND STUDENT TEACHERS.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Student Teacher Relationship
Young, Jerry W. – 1977
Developmental education is based on a learning model as opposed to a teaching model. It requires strong communication between the student and teacher and depends upon a supportive learning environment. Some of the components of developmental education are: (1) diagnostic services which seek to answer why the student cannot learn; (2) independent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling, Developmental Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Pelletier, Corinne A.; Skinner, A. Neil – 1979
This audiolingual course in Fulfulde, a lingua franca for much of West Africa, is designed for teacher-assisted self-instruction. The course is designed to impart communicative competence in Fulfulde. Dialog memorization, vocabulary acquisition, and pronunciation drills are emphasized. Each of the 41 lessons covers two or three grammatical…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Courses
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
In a study to determine whether or not culturally deprived children develop at progressively greater deficits in intellectual functioning during the ages of 15 months to 3 years, tutors provided 15-month-old infants with intellectual and verbal stimulation one hour daily, five times a week until they were 36 months old. The subjects consisted of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Individual Development, Infants
Blank, Marion – 1968
Research has indicated that one significant deficiency in the intellectual capabilities of disadvantaged children is a disability in abstract thinking. Although all very young children lack this ability, the environment of the middle class child provides an opportunity so that as this child matures, the ability to think in abstract terms naturally…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Deduction, Disadvantaged
Foth, Henry D. – 1967
Study carrels, tape recorders, slide projectors, and other materials were used to create structured learning and training environments (SLATEs) that individualized study situations for a university soil sciences course. Four lectures and a two hour laboratory each week were replaced by one lecture, one discussion or quiz period, and a three to…
Descriptors: Carrels, Classroom Environment, Educational Media, Independent Study
Wolf, Aline D. – 1976
This manual for elementary school reading tutors emphasizes that a positive attitude--caring about the student--is the most important ingredient in a successful tutoring relationship. After an introductory section on tutoring, the manual presents these basic steps for teaching reading: sounding out consonants and short vowels, word building,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities
Eberwein, Lowell; And Others – 1976
The first section of this annotated bibliography is a selected review of research on the effects of volunteer tutoring programs. Reviews of 34 studies note the number, level, and type of students; type of tutors; area of U.S.; length, frequency, and duration of tutoring sessions; and achievement and other results of the tutoring programs.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews