Programed Tutorial Reading is a highly structured tutoring project for first graders. It supplements regular classroom reading instruction and is conducted by either paraprofessionals or high school tutors, not by teachers. The project uses tutoring kits designed to match six of the most commonly used basal reading series. The kits specify in…

Prevalent among "third force" and other humanistic psychologists is the assertion that "becoming a person" or "self-actualizing" are desirable goals for individuals and for the human race. Major writers such as Rogers and Maslow and their followers have described the high-level humanizing process and have developed techniques for facilitating…

People use a variety of plausible, but uncertain inferences to answer questions about which their knowledge is incomplete. Such inferential thinking and reasoning is being incorporated into the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system. Socratic tutorial techniques in CAI systems such as SCHOLAR are described, and examples of their…

Two aspects of educational technology are considered. The first involves the development of educational technology highly dependent on computer equipment, and the development of a computer assisted instruction language called Programmed Language for Interactive Teaching (PLANIT). The second aspect involves the development of educational technology…

A computer-assisted course on programing, consisting of a set of 50 lessons, was developed for and is now being used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) personnel. The course is intended for students at about the junior college level with no experience in mathematics beyond high school algebra and with no previous introduction…

The purpose of this successful experimental program at the College of San Mateo was to determine whether active participation in an individualized instructional program such as the Learning Center would be related to a lower level of attrition of first-time freshmen who are identified as high probability dropouts. Forty-nine potential dropout…

During a 6-month period, 90 fourth-grade pupils were tutored in reading by elementary education majors as part of their regular classroom instruction. Work was done individually or in small groups 4 days weekly for hour per tutoring session, and all materials used were on each child's instructional reading level. A control group of 90 pupils…

Designed as a possible 1-semester university course outline, this manual describes a training program for "Campus-Community Organizers" (CCO). The program enables college students to establish a liaison with poor communities in order to find ways in which the vast financial and technical resources of universities can become more…

The purpose of the program has been to provide tutoring and remedial services to assist nursing students to graduate and enter the labor force. During the fall 1968 semester, 239 freshmen of five City University of New York (CUNY) colleges received 1,801 hours of assistance from student tutors drawn from CUNY. During the spring 1969 semester, 142…

Papers presented at national seminars for the purpose of developing a model for adult basic education in corrections are contained in this collection. The papers presented by consultants and participants in the conference provide a primary base of information for the creation of a model for adult basic education in corrections. Subjects discussed…

This report describes a workshop combining training in questioning, explaining, and listening. When revised, the workshop will become part of the Model Teacher Training System being developed by the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching. Questioning, explaining, and listening skills were presented in a workshop and were tried…

In May 1971, Seton Hall University developed a 6-week program designed to alleviate the academic losses that students suffered as a result of the 11-week teachers' strike in Newark, New Jersey. This experimental design has evolved into a year-round project in Newark for 1971-72. Thirty-six prospective teachers in two high schools and 125 teachers…

The Program of Basic Studies (P.B.S.) is a 2-year-old project developed at the University of Maine at Farmington. The program provides a means for college entrance and a subsequent support program for disadvantaged and physically handicapped individuals. A secondary objective concerns the training of undergraduates as tutors, tutor-counselors, and…

The Junior League/Vancouver School Board tutorial Program began in September 1973. A coordinator was hired to train and supervise community volunteers who would tutor children with reading difficulties using a synthetic phonic program with multisensory reinforcement. Forty children, seventy-seven tutors, and twenty-two schools have participated in…

Attention being focused upon the teacher as a professional held increasingly accountable for a student's academic achievement has suggested that the traditional approach to instruction may need to be modified to ensure each student's success. One approach that has been demonstrated effective is peer tutoring. (Author/RK)