This updated and expanded resource on the mathematics and reading tutoring programs list of national service and Federal Work-Study tutoring programs includes publications, videos, and Web sites that have been developed by the Corporation for National Service or the U.S. Department of Education and their partners in support of work in literacy,…

The America Reads Challenge, created in 1997, is a nationwide effort to expand the use of volunteers to help ensure that all children can read "well and independently by the end of third grade." State involvement in the America Reads Challenge has been primarily through the Federal Work Study (FWS) program for college students. The…

This study assesses the effects that tutoring has on the reading abilities of the tutors themselves. No positive effects were found. (RP)

The following questions were investigated: (1) Do student tutors with empathy training respond more empathically in a tutoring session? and (2) Do pupils perceive tutors who have received empathy training to be more empathic? (NQ)

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)

Six mildly mentally retarded children (8-13 years old) were taught to solve simple written problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The instructional procedure involved nonhandicapped third and fourth grade tutors teaching structured solution strategies that transferred numerals into spatial arrangements. (Author/CL)

Discusses instructing writing tutors, and tutorial classroom technqiues. Contains a list of different kinds of tutorial sessions to serve as a model for tutors. (HTH)

To compare the effects of three tutorial reading programs, 53 elementary-aged disabled readers were assigned to hypothesis/test (H/T) instruction, oral reading (OR) practice, or word recognition (WR) training--or to a small-group H/T control. (Author)

Discusses factors that affect student scores on standardized tests and the cost-effectiveness of coaching. (WD)

Explores how new, operational models of cognition processing developed in Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied in computer assisted instruction (CAI) systems. CAI systems are surveyed in terms of their goals and formalisms, and a model for the development of a tutorial CAI system for algebra problem solving is introduced. (Author)

Evaluation of mainstream tutorial modules which were designed to help 18 teachers and administrators individualize instruction for mainstreamed handicapped learners pointed out problems and benefits of the system. Teachers were found to require assistance from administrators and specialists in areas of scheduling, materials, preparation time, and…

A multiple baseline design indicated that prompting was effective in establishing tutoring behaviors among the children. By program end, all children were using corrective feedback, re-presenting questions, and employing contingent praise. Positive findings also were shown in academic, behavioral, and consumer satisfaction indices. (Author)

Suggestions are made for more effective tutoring, ranging from specific actions one may take to more general philosophical viewpoints. (MP)