QUEST is a frame-oriented teaching program driver which permits efficient authoring and editing of computer-based tutorials, teaching and testing students by means of these tutorials, and processing and display of responses entered by students. (Author)

The article examines computers in the learning processes, noting applications in drill and practice, remediation, tutorial programs, testing, and simulation. A summary of computer use with children having communicative disorders concludes the article. (CL)

The author feels that except in the area of academic administration, the personal tutor system in England is not providing an effective service, and in the area of students' emotional and personal problems, may be providing very little service indeed. (Author)

A summer program in which teenagers from institutions are tutors to younger institutionalized children is described. (DB)

Intensive remedial programs in six major cities upgraded the educational skills of military rejectees. A majority of the trainees qualified for military enlistment, other training projects, or jobs. (CH)

Special instruction improved the test-taking skills of the culturally deprived and undereducated on employment tests and other commonly used screening devices. (CH)

Annotates 11 articles that display the multiple benefits an effective writing center program provides for the entire academic community. (HOD)

Guidelines for developing a structured parent tutoring program for learning disabled students are given. Among the eight suggestions made are to keep the tutoring simple and brief and to encourage maintaining a visual record of the child's progress. (CL)

Develops a comparison between writing tutors and prostitutes. Suggests that the intimate arrangement of people that places one in the position of professional and the other in the position of client works against collaboration. (NH)

A number of important studies have pointed to the significance of active participation in learning as a determinant of student performance on tests and of grades. As these studies showed, student engagement can result from development of personalized learning. Each of the Breakthrough High Schools (BTHS) has taken various paths to personalization…

It is often assumed that engaging in a one-on-one dialogue with a tutor is more effective than listening to a lecture or reading a text. Although earlier experiments have not always supported this hypothesis, this may be due in part to allowing the tutors to cover different content than the noninteractive instruction. In 7 experiments, we tested…