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Moe, Holly K. – 2000
A study investigated the usefulness of an online writing lab, Smarthinking, in a college writing tutorial program. The study investigated 4 issues: what Smarthinking is and how it works; what students think of the program; what instructors think of the program; and whether Smarthinking is cohesive with writing center principles and procedures. A…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Editing, Higher Education, Internet
Hammond, Shirley D. – 1999
This guidebook has been compiled to help school staff and community volunteers implement one-to-one friendships with students needing special attention. High-need disadvantaged youth, talented and gifted students, and adolescents having a temporarily difficult time in their lives can all benefit from mentoring. The mentor program for which this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Mentors, Program Development
Miller, Rebecca; Wesner, Spurgeon W. – Instructor, 1974
Self-help and realistic goals were keys to this Arizona community-based enrichment program that brought dropouts back to school and strengthened reading skills. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Educational Needs, School Community Programs
Thiagarajan, Sivasailam – Educational Technology, 1973
A description of how peer tutoring can work with a systems approach. (HB)
Descriptors: Instructional Systems, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching

Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – School Management, 1972
Helpful hints for making the best use of the valuable services tutors can render your schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Budgets, Community Involvement, Guidelines

Snapp, Matthew; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1972
This study was designed to provide experimental data on the efficacy of tutoring and to provide specific outlines for the implementation of a tutoring project. The results indicated that fifth- and sixth-grade children facilitated measureable though limited reading development of younger children. (Author)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Individual Instruction, Individualized Programs
White, T. C. R. – South Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Educational Media, Individualized Instruction

Welch, P. A. – Physics Education, 1972
Describes a team teaching effort in advanced level physics for a secondary school in England. Lectures in various listed topics are assigned to, and tutorials are distributed among, different team members. Lecture notes, several of which are given, are distributed to decrease student reliance on note taking. (TS)
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Course Descriptions, Instruction, Physics

Gellen, Murray I. – School Counselor, 1972
Descriptors: Guidance Programs, Individual Instruction, Junior High School Students, Student Alienation

Majors, Hughie Lee – Childhood Education, 1971
Describes cross-age tutoring experiment in which sixth graders provided individual help and companionship to first-graders. Tutor gains were subject reinforcement, extended creativity, and meaningful personal relationships. (AJ)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, Grade 6, Individual Instruction

Wittmer, Joe – School Counselor, 1971
The author contends that school guidance coordinators should search for those people who have the helping attitude and use their talents in the guidance program. The counselor, via his leadership, becomes a catalyst in the total guidance program. (Author/BY)
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Services, Counselor Characteristics, Counselors

Ribbons, Peter; Ribbons, Patrick – Educational Review, 1983
This paper analyzes the value of a model devised by Taylor for the analysis of teacher-pupil talk in one-to-one tutorials or counseling sessions. It is concluded that the model offers a useful tool and a valuable inservice teaching device to help teachers improve their guidance and counseling skills. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Counseling Techniques, Individual Counseling, Interpersonal Communication
Targ, Joan – Educational Computer Magazine, 1981
In Part I of this two-part article, the author describes the evolution of the Computer Tutor project in Palo Alto, California, and the strategies she incorporated into a successful student-taught computer literacy program. Journal availability: Educational Computer, P.O. Box 535, Cupertino, CA 95015. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Laboratories, Microcomputers

Zophy, Jonathan W. – History Teacher, 1982
Suggests some ways to foster learning by adopting a learner-centered approach to the teaching of history at the college level. Discussed are small group discussions, tutorial sessions, and learner-centered lecturing applications. Problems associated with learner-centered teaching are also examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, History Instruction, Lecture Method, Problems

Bar-Eli, Nurit; Raviv, Amiram – Journal of Educational Research, 1982
In a study, underachieving fifth and sixth graders who were weak in mathematics tutored second graders who were also weak in mathematics, replacing their regular classroom teachers. Results show that both tutors and tutees had significantly improved in mathematics on standard achievement tests. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Peer Teaching, Self Esteem