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Direct linkJohnson-Glenberg, Mina C. – Educational Media International, 2010
This research examined the impact of formative quizzes on e-learning designed to teach volunteers how to tutor struggling readers. Three research questions were addressed: (1) Do embedded quizzes facilitate learning of e-content? (2) Does the announcement of upcoming quizzes affect learning? (3) Does prior knowledge interact with quizzing and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Prior Learning, Testing, Adult Learning
Peer reviewedBruce, Jennifer E.; Trammell, Jack – Learning Assistance Review, 2003
Discusses a study that examines the effects of paired tutoring and mentoring on academic achievement of college freshmen in a probationary program. Results show that students with mentoring and tutoring services by the same person show greater academic gains as measured by compliance and academic achievement than do those students who were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction, Review (Reexamination)
Download full textPellegrini, 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
