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Peer reviewedWepner, Gabrielle – College Teaching, 1985
A tutorial model, developed at Ramapo College of New Jersey, that has proven to be cost-effective and highly successful in improving the performance of remedial mathematics students is described. Most of the recruited peer tutors are former remedial/developmental students. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Topping, K. J. – Higher Education Review, 1997
In a University of Central Lancashire (England) program, upperclassmen support learning of peers through small-group peer tutoring in study skills, earning academic credits for doing so. The program targets courses with difficult content, predominance of lectures, and low rates of teacher-student interaction. Evaluation indicates reduced course…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Classroom Techniques, College Credits, College Instruction
