Describes a six-week experimental cross-age tutoring program involving seventh and eighth graders deficient in reading skills as tutors of kindergarten through sixth grade students also exhibiting deficiencies in reading skills. (TO)

Discusses the curriculum of "Introduction to Genetics" of the Unitversity of Freiburg, West Germany. (DD)

Presents step by step procedures for training tutors to work with children in an individualized reading instruction program. (RB)

Describes and evaluates a tuition-free academic enrichment program for urban youth. Includes a report on the use of programed instruction in teaching chemistry. (RJ)

Describes a number of experimental programs at all levels of the Louisville, Kentucky public school system. (AN)

This paper is an evaluation of the Bridging-The-Gap Program," Booker T. Washington Community Center, San Francisco, California. The evaluation was independently contracted and carried out. (Authors/JM)

This is a brief description of a successful small scale team approach to helping failing students. Success is attributed to providing low achievers with special attention, and high achievers with a creative outlet for their intellectual energies. (CJ)

Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17-19, 1969). (JJ)

A meta-analysis of findings from 65 independent evaluations of school tutoring programs showed that these programs have positive effects on the academic performance and attitudes of both tutees and their student tutors. Tutored students outperformed control students on examinations and developed positive attitudes toward the subject matter…

Describes the individualized instructional approach of the Imperial Tutoring and Educational Services school in Chicago (Illinois), which offers tutoring by certified personnel for remedial and enrichment purposes. The program recently became the first tutorial school fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. (PGD)

Contains John Hoffman's "Continuing Education for the Elderly," which describes Panola Junior College's (Texas) programs; Judith Seed's "Tutor Training for Business and Industry," on La Guardia Community College's (New York) Adult Learning Center; and "Secretaries as Professionals" by Jo Lynn Samuelson, describing Sierra College's (California)…

Discusses various issues related to computerized tutoring, focusing on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) tutoring programs. Indicates that although there is a market for the programs, there is insufficient evidence to judge their effectiveness. (JN)

Describes the tutorial library instruction program at Berea College which is based entirely on tutorial procedures. (Author/RAA)

Concludes that highly motivated learning disabled elementary students may be trained to perform basic library media skills and impart them to younger students. This study presents the methodology, data analysis, and training program used with a group of 24 students at an Illinois elementary school. (RAA)