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Download full textBaroody, Arthur J.; Ginsburg, Herbert P. – 1984
The study examined the effectiveness of a tutoring program on counting and number skills for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) and educable mentally retarded (EMR) students (5-14 years old). Experimental Ss received individualized instruction based on counting games while control Ss received instruction on objectives not related to counting.…
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1985
This pamphlet provides practical information on using volunteers to lower student/teacher ratios and raise reading and math scores through more individualized instruction during a time of tight district budgets and increased pressure for improved student achievement. The multitude of services which a volunteer program may provide depends upon the…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Coordination, Elementary Education, Peer Teaching
Hassinger, Jack; Via, Murray – J Secondary Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Individual Instruction, Reading Development
Meacham, Merle L. – J Sch Psychol, 1968
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Parent Background, Parent Role, Reading Difficulty
Schaefer, Earl S. – Children, 1969
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Experimental Programs
Osguthorpe, Russell T.; Custer, Jeanene D. – 1982
The authors, experienced with educable and trainable mentally handicapped fifth and sixth graders, describe a procedure for training handicapped students to tutor their nonhandicapped peers (reverse role tutoring) to enhance handicapped students' abilities in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social adjustment, and decision making/moral…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Intermediate Grades, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Grimm, Joan P. – 1981
Tutors are true professionals who understand that even though their own philosophical stance toward teaching may differ from an instructor's, they have an obligation to do whatever the professor requires. However, because they work more closely with them, the tutors are in a better position than the teacher to see when the students are having…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Instruction, Learning Laboratories, Student Needs
Dyreson, Margaret – 1979
Materials designed for use in tutoring programs in mathematics are described. A list of educational products on tutoring, subdivided into tutoring programs and tutoring kits, is provided. Listings contain information on the target audience for the product and a brief description of the contents. Ordering information for the products is included.…
Descriptors: Individual Instruction, Instructional Materials, Linking Agents, Mathematics Instruction
Klinck, Patricia – 1980
A lounge was set up at the University of Calgary where continuing education students could obtain assistance in learning French, in the form of reading materials and French-speaking monitors ready to help them develop conversational and grammar skills. The lounge was endowed with an ambiance designed to relax the student and to create a miniature…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, French, Learning Resources Centers, Postsecondary Education
Hendrickson, Jo M.; Freedman, Jonathan – 1980
A six year old female tutor was trained to facilitate social conversation between two male age mates (selected for their infrequent level of social interactions) during daily play sessions. Tutoring of peer initiations occurred in a small room adjacent to the main classroom. The peers were tutored to request information (RI) and request behavior…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Language Acquisition, Modeling (Psychology), Peer Teaching
Voss, Gunnar; And Others – 1978
The following seven American programs of Computer Assisted Instruction in Medicine are among 20 implemented at the University of Bonn: OPHTHA and FUNDUS (programs of the tutorial mode), CARDI (presents information via three media on the clinical alterations of Mitral and Aortic Stenosis as well as Mitral and Aortal Incompetence), CARDIOPULMONARY…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Instructional Systems
Fresno City Unified School District, CA.
THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION WAS DISCUSSED. THE VOLUNTEER WORKER PLACED ON FILE IN THE COMPENSATORY OFFICE, HIS NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, NAME OF SCHOOL ASSIGNED TO, AND JOB DESCRIPTION. JOBS WERE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD TEACH IN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL, WHO COULD TUTOR ON ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Preschool Education, Secondary Education
Starks, Gretchen – 1980
The tutor training sessions at the University of Minnesota Technical College are outlined and an evaluation of the program is included. A bibliography of 38 print and 3 videotape resources for tutor training is also included. Appendixes contain the tutor and tutee handbooks and a study skills kit specifically designed for tutor training.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Secondary Education
Newcomb, Steven R.; And Others – 1980
Melodic Dictation Computerized Instruction (MEDICI), a system of lessons which runs on the Florida PLATO real-time interactive graphic computer system, is part of the required curriculum for freshman music majors at the Florida State University School of Music, and provides private tutoring and practice for each student. The program begins by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Music Education
Raushenbush, John – The Independent School Bulletin, 1967
Through "preparing-to-teach," students at Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, felt that they learned material better and gained confidence and personal satisfaction. Their interest in teaching began with two unrelated projects--(1) an "older brother" project in which 11th- and 12th-grade boys tutored elementary students from predominantly…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Experimental Teaching, Peer Teaching, Secondary Education
