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Download full textMatinde, Elias – Education Sciences, 2019
Tutorials play a key role in the teaching and learning of engineering sciences. However, the efficacy of tutorials as platforms for providing personal and academic support is continuously being challenged by factors such as declining faculty-to-student ratios and students' under-preparedness. This study adopted reciprocal peer tutorial assessment…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Peer Teaching
Arendale, David R. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program at the University of Minnesota is a primary academic support program for historically difficult, introductory college courses that serve as gatekeepers to academic degree programs. Based upon operating principles of other academic support programs and educational theories, PAL is integrated into the courses…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Communities of Practice, Self Directed Groups, Study
Direct linkRetna, Kala S.; Chong, Eric; Cavana, Robert Y. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
Students are considered to be the main "customers" in universities and polytechnics and increasingly they seek to have their needs met. This is one of the main reasons for persistent calls for the improvement of teaching in higher education. Tutors play an important role in the delivery of undergraduate education, although they are often…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
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
Butler, Beverly A.; And Others – 1991
This training manual provides information for the instructors (tutors) of the Shippensburg University Learning Assistance Center (LAC). It discusses the need for tutoring, what the tutoring program is about, and who should be encouraged to attend tutoring sessions. Also, through chapters written by educators with experience in the tutoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Higher Education
Shreve, Barbara; And Others – 1976
A mathematics and science tutorial program at the University of California, San Diego is described to provide a model for other university tutorial programs. Descriptions of the format of various components of the program are provided. Detailed information is also provided on the required tutor training class, tutor and tutee recruitment,…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Evaluation Methods
Stotter, Philip L.; Culp, George H. – 1973
An experimental course in organic chemistry utilized computer-assisted instructional (CAI) techniques. The CAI lessons provided tutorial drill and practice and simulated experiments and reactions. The Conversational Language for Instruction and Computing was used, along with a CDC 6400-6600 system; students scheduled and completed the lessons at…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design
