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Direct linkVonlintel, Drew James – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This dissertation examines the efficacy of peer tutor training in adapted physical education (APE). A peer tutor evaluation form was created to assess the skills of untrained peer tutors (n = 12). Once skills were assessed, a peer tutor training protocol was created. The protocol was implemented in a peer tutor training program. After peer tutors…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Tutors, Severe Disabilities
Pierce, Richard M.; Norrell, Gwendolyn – J Coll Stud Personnel, 1970
A small sample of volunteer graduate students were randomly assigned to two treatment groups and a control group, to increase their ability to work effectively with specially admitted black students. Results are positive but should be viewed with caution. Need for further study is indicated. (CJ)
Descriptors: College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth, Training, Tutorial Programs
Peer reviewedHawkins, Thom – College English, 1978
Describes the training program for new tutors which is employed by the Student Learning Center at the University of California at Berkeley. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Training
Peer reviewedJenkins, Joseph R.; Jenkins, Linda M. – Educational Leadership, 1987
The Lake Washington School District (WA) has developed a successful peer tutoring program for elementary and secondary students. Identifies the characteristics of successful tutoring programs, how to start a program, recruitment and scheduling needs, selection of tutors and learners, and how to maintain tutor involvement. Includes a table and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedSilver, Marcia – College English, 1978
Describes a credit-bearing course at Brooklyn College which trains undergraduates to be peer-tutors in writing. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Laboratories, Peer Teaching, Training
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, 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
Peer reviewedHanks, Janet; Heller, Frances – Inquiry, 1999
Through awareness of the needs of non-traditional students and careful tutor training, the staff of Virginia's New River Community College's (NRCC's) writing center assist students with both writing-related tasks and integration into academic life. Describes how NRCC's writing center aids its students and suggests techniques that should be used to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Nontraditional Students, Student Needs, Teaching Methods
Download full textHall, Conner – 1975
A program for tutorial assistance and tutor training at the University of Texas at Austin is described in this document. The tutorial assistance program attempts to provide help with both study skills and specific course content, since students experiencing academic difficulty in a specific course may request tutoring aid, not realizing that their…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Programs
Peer reviewedBennett, Shirley; Marsh, Debra – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2002
Presents a case study that describes the design and implementation of a tutor-training program for prospective online tutors. Identifies key findings that will inform future staff development and training programs for prospective online tutors. Analyzes the effectiveness of individual components of the training program to which the tutors were…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Online Systems
Peer reviewedReddy, Shalini S.; Utley, Cheryl A.; Delquadri, Joseph C.; Mortweet, Susan L.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Bowman, Velma – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1999
Offers suggestions for using classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) to teach health and safety in an inclusive setting.Suggestions include advantages and concerns associated with using CWPT procedures, content material, curriculum development and adaptation, linking CWPT procedures to a health- and safety-education curriculum, teacher and student training…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Conrad, Eva E. – 1976
Open classroom systems frequently use peer tutoring techniques as a means of individualizing instruction. This study investigated the effects of three variables on tutor and tutee performance: (1) the achievement level of the tutor; (2) brief tutor training in reinforcement and corrective feedback procedures; and (3) tutor expectancy about tutee…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1, Grade 2, High Achievement
Sheets, Rick A. – 1994
This study examines the impact of tutor training on the efficacy of adult peer tutors in colleges and universities. The author argues that many institutions hire tutors based on their GPAs, and do not train them to be tutors. For the college programs that do provide training, little research exists which identifies what topics should be included,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Individual Instruction
Turner, Jeannine – 1994
The City of Austin (Texas) provided funds for a supplementary educational activity to involve at-risk minority high school students in water quality issues. The program attempts to provide an interesting and authentic activity that also develops academic skills. Principal activities were testing river water for pollutants and the tutoring of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
DEERING, ALBERT R. – 1968
THIS REPORT BRIEFLY OUTLINES THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION-MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH HOMEWORK HELPER PROGRAM IN WHICH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE PAID $1.50 TO $2.00 PER HOUR TO TUTOR ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. TUTORS WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MASTER TEACHERS AND ATTEND TUTOR-TRAINING SESSIONS TWICE A MONTH. A…
Descriptors: After School Education, Attendance, Boards of Education, College Students
