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Campbell, Anne; Gallen, Anne-Marie; Jones, Mark H.; Walshe, Ann – Open Learning, 2019
As part of a wider study into perceptions that different university stakeholders have of tutorials, we investigated the UK Open University model for tuition through a process of semi-structured interviews with a self-selecting set of STEM tutors. The aim of the study was to elucidate perceptions that tutors have of the role and purpose of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Tutors, Tutorial Programs, Tutoring
Pellegrini, Robert J.; Hicks, Robert A. – 1971
The study measured the effects of attempted manipulation of tutors' expectations on the intellectual growth of their pupils. Tutors were given spurious information, allegedly based on testing, as to current and predicted intellectual fucntioning of their pupil. The experimental sample was comprised of 44 tutor-child pairs, with 11 paris assigned…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged