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Wright, Robert M. – 1971
This is the report of a study conducted at Northeast Missouri State College to discover if tutoring and advising can change academically unsuccessful freshmen into more successful students. To this end, a total of 799 students were tutored by competent upper-division students during the 1970-71 academic year in the fields of English, mathematics,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Goodall, Peter – 1972
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is an instructional plan which uses units of material and divides classes of students into small groups, each with a "manager" in charge. The manager is one who has taken the course previously; he acts as a chief proctor who gives oral examinations to the first four students who are ready to pass…
Descriptors: College Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Instruction, Proctoring
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
It is the intent of this manual to show how a volunteer tutoring program can be implemented and maintained in any community that desires to individualize institutional learning programs through tutoring. The manual attempts to describe the requirements and development of a tutoring program in generic terms; however, it often cites examples from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Individualized Programs, Program Development
Gottlober, Helen R. – 1976
Immaculate Heart College has been awarded a grant by the Office of Education to act as a center and coordinating agent for a prototype tutorial program to prepare adults for CLEP Examinations. The objective is to reach adults within the Los Angeles community who posses the potential for a college degree but who are either unaware of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, College Libraries, College Preparation
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Silver, Marcia – College English, 1978
Describes a credit-bearing course at Brooklyn College which trains undergraduates to be peer-tutors in writing. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Training
Hawkins, E. W. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
Argues that sixth form students should be involved in teaching languages to younger students as well as learning the language themselves. The tutorial procedure created enthusiasm for both older and younger students. (CHK)
Descriptors: Individual Instruction, Language Instruction, Peer Teaching, Second Language Learning
Schmelzer, Ronald V.; And Others – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1985
Explains the Integrated Learning Model (ILM), a computer model of information processing which postulates thought patterns during learning and its use in teaching peer tutors about the learning process. Explains the ILM's five phases: preparation, input, processing, storage, and output. Looks at strengths and weaknesses. (DMM)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Postsecondary Education
Christ, Frank L. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1984
Examines the origin and development of the Learning Assistance Center at California State University-Long Beach, which offers classroom support, individualized self-paced instruction, and tutorial services. Provides a rationale for the learning assistance support system and describes programs, services, and management features. (DMM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction, Program Descriptions
Invernizzi, Marcia; Juel, Connie – 1998
The "Book Buddies" manual and "Emergent Reader" training videos provide comprehensive and easy-to-implement guidelines for setting up and running a successful tutorial program in the early grades. Portraying the "Book Buddies" model in practice, this 44-minute videotape, entitled "Emergent Reader--Mid-Year"…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Zuelke, Dennis C. – 1999
This fastback document examines small education businesses that provide direct and personal instructional service to clients. Although education private-practice enterprises have not received the attention that high-profile companies have commanded, there are thousands of such one- and two-person enterprises. These practices work with and support…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Entrepreneurship, Private Agencies, Self Employment
Stauf, Gabriele U. – 2000
The article discusses the Learning Center and its peer tutorial program at Bainbridge College (Georgia). With diverse roles and obligations overarching students' college experience, fostering leadership and building campus involvement in student organizations is a challenge. Some of the challenges for the Bainbridge Learning Center and its peer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, School Guidance, Student Development
Norman, Carolyn F. – 2001
The tables in this publication summarize learning assistance/tutorial (LAT) programs and services, LAT personnel information, and resources and expenditures for LAT programs in California colleges and universities as of 1997-98. Highlights include: (1) 78 colleges and universities in California indicated that in the year ending June 30, 1998, they…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Learning
Perkins, Stanley A. – Education Canada, 1974
Co-ordinated teacher in-service is missing in Canada - and so is help for the probationary teacher. Here's how a professional tutor could help. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Responsibility
Moffett, Kenneth M. – Man/Society/Technology, 1974
Individualized instruction in industrial arts may be used as a self-teaching method for remedial work and to make possible voluntary, in-depth study in an area of interest to the learner. (MS)
Descriptors: Independent Study, Individual Differences, Individualized Instruction, Industrial Arts
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Helwig, Carl; Griffin, Shade – School Science and Mathematics, 1974
Gains in arithmetic achievement were assessed for fifth graders taught by ninth-grade tutors during a summer session. Using the Mann-Whitney test, a gain in arithmetic computation skill was significant at the .05 level. (JP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Low Achievement
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