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Cameron Byerley; Carolyn Johns; Deborah Moore-Russo; Brian Rickard; Carolyn James; Melissa Mills; Behailu Mammo; Janet Oien; Linda Burks; William Heasom; Melissa Ferreira; Cynthia Farthing; Daniel Moritz – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2024
Undergraduate mathematics tutoring centres are prevalent in many countries; however, there is limited research-based evidence on effective organizational structures for these centres. In this study, we consider two research questions. First, how can the quantitative and qualitative data from 10 mathematics tutoring centres be organized for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs
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Mills, Melissa; Rickard, Brian; Guest, Bob – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Mathematics tutoring centres exist in varying forms at universities across the United States of America. Despite having similar goals, these centres vary a great deal in their practices, resources, and organizational structures. In this study, the researchers conducted a survey of mathematics tutoring centres in the United States in an effort to…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Mathematics Instruction, Tutorial Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Kersaint, Gladis; Dogbey, James; Barber, Jeff; Kephart, David – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2011
This study investigated outcomes (achievement, attitude, and retention) of college algebra students who had access to an online tutoring resource using a pre-posttest control group design. Students in the experimental groups were provided access to an online tutoring service unlike the students in the control group. Both groups had access to other…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Help Seeking, Tutorial Programs
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Williams, Peter B.; Howell, Scott L.; Laws, R. Dwight; Metheny, Emily – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2006
The researchers of this study selected four pragmatic research questions that distance learning administrators with high-enrolling Independent Study courses, similar to those that Brigham Young University offers through its Department of Independent Study, may be interested in exploring. These questions included: (1) When tutoring services are…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Tutoring, Tutors, Tutorial Programs
Theall, Michael; And Others – 1980
This paper reports on two related instructional intervention projects: one completed and the other ongoing. The first involved a "Tutored-Videotaped-Instruction" (TVI) strategy in a three-course calculus sequence; the second, an NSF-funded project using microcomputers, television, tutoring, testing, and related technologies and methods…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Kangas, Jon – 1993
In fall 1992, a study was performed at Evergreen Valley College, in San Jose, California, to determine whether the presence of full-time instructional aides and part-time matriculation aides in four specific courses (English 321, 322, 330, and Math 12) led to increases in student success. Success was defined as receipt of a grade of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Mathematics, Community Colleges