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Martin, Corrie – ADE Bulletin, 2000
Considers how current university-school partnerships point the way toward the most potentially transformative areas of programming in education today. Describes the key developments in the past few years in California regarding the Humanities Out There (HOT) program. (SC)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College School Cooperation, Higher Education, Outreach Programs
Adler, Jerry – Newsweek, 1998
Examines the increasing demand for and proliferation of commercial tutoring services for grade school students. Discusses the approaches of several such programs, as well as the goals and attitudes of parents enlisting such services for their children. (HTH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Performance Factors, Remedial Instruction

Marious, Sidney E., Jr. – Reading Improvement, 2000
Reviews research that confirms the author's beliefs that cross-age tutoring programs are very successful programs. Identifies three major components in successful cross-age tutoring programs: (1) planning the tutoring program; (2) training for the tutors in interpersonal skills, management skills, and content skills; and (3) tutoring techniques…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship

Peck, Jacqueline K. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Shares Governor Taft's literacy goals and insights with the reading professionals throughout the state who work with Ohio's young readers and their volunteer tutors. Shares the perspectives of Nancy Padak and Janet Day, members of the OhioReads Council, on the progress and promise of OhioReads. Invites readers' responses--as teachers, as…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Archer, J. Andrew. – Online Submission, 2006
"2P1" is the Carl Perkins label for an institution's graduation performance rate. Systems receiving Perkins funds, like Virginia's 23 community colleges, are expected to meet a federally approved 2P1 target rate. For the 3-year period 1999-2001 Virginia Western Community College (VWCC) was one of seven community colleges in the VCCS…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Improvement, Community Colleges, Sex
Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2006
Students collaborating in small groups is a characteristic of problem-based learning (PBL) that is receiving increased consideration in the literature. In this paper findings from studies in this area are synthesized and discussed. A distinction is made between studies focusing on cognitive effects of group learning and studies focusing on…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Problem Based Learning, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Brown, Lorraine – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2007
This paper explores the challenges facing supervisors of international postgraduate students at the dissertation stage of the masters programme. The central problems of time pressure, language difficulties, a lack of critical analysis and a prevalence of personal problems among international students are discussed. This paper makes recommendations…
Descriptors: Criticism, Thinking Skills, Graduate Students, Foreign Students
Huang, Wenhao; Huang, Wenyeh; Diefes-Dux, Heidi; Imbrie, Peter K. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
This paper describes a preliminary validation study of the Instructional Material Motivational Survey (IMMS) derived from the Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction motivational design model. Previous studies related to the IMMS, however, suggest its practical application for motivational evaluation in various instructional settings…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Student Motivation, Relevance (Education)

Moran, Patrick J. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Presents guidelines for training and supervision in junior college tutoring programs designed to improve reading. (RB)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs

Dickson, Alec – Community Development Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Foreign Countries, Individual Instruction, Peer Teaching
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, Reston, VA. – 1989
This paper reviews the literature on peer tutoring and other experiences that may interest secondary students in careers in special education, and notes the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of such programs. Examples of current programs are given, including a variation which integrates athletes with and without mental retardation. The potential…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education, Special Education Teachers
Bolanos, Marie; Master, Lawrence – 1988
Designed for use with the Computer Assisted Literacy in Libraries (CALL) program (a tutoring program for adult literacy), this curriculum guide suggests resources to use with lessons in the "Laubach Way to Reading" series, a format advocated by the CALL program. After an introduction and a section of definitions and suggestions for using…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Guides
Wallace, Yolanda Gayles – 1988
This study examined the need for a program that would enable students in the middle grades to receive additional instruction/assistance in the basic skills outside of the regular classroom situation. The program was designed to assist students in reading, language usage, and mathematics. It sought to develop a model for the intergenerational…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary School Students, Intergenerational Programs, Intermediate Grades

Melaragno, Ralph J. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Description of tutoring programs now in progress, begins with the assumption that a majority of the nation's schools operate such programs. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction

Brodkey, Dean – TESOL Quarterly, 1974
An experimental university ESL program at Vidyodaya campus of the University of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) features small, student-led tutorial groups for the development of conversational skill and college reading skill. (Author)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, English (Second Language), Peer Teaching, Reading Skills