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Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring and Related Topics: An Annotated Bibliography. Theoretical Paper No. 53.
Download full textWilkes, Roberta – 1975
This annotated bibliography is an effort to provide educators and researchers with a comprehensive listing of current resources, information, and research concerning peer and cross age academic tutoring by students, together with a selection of references on related topics of cross age interactions, tutoring in general, and the use of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citations (References), Cross Age Teaching, Information Retrieval
Wilson, Ralph – 1970
The measures of academic success used in this study were: mean college grade point average, value changes as measured by pre- and post-test scores on the Allport, Vernon, and Lindsey, "Study of Values," and the number of persons who fell into the following categories: dropouts, persons on academic probation, persons with grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, College Freshmen, College Students
Harrison, Grant Von; And Others – 1969
Objectives of a four-phase study were (1) the discovery of relevant tutoring techniques when upper-grade elementary students tutor first-grade children who are having difficulty with sentence equations; (2) the empirical validation of the specified tutoring techniques identified; (3) the development and validation of an instrument for assessing a…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Rating Scales
Horan, John J.; And Others – 1974
This series of papers was presented in a symposium on behavior therapy. Each paper represents a separate study focusing on one aspect of behavior modification. The issue of reinforcement is prominant with regard to its type and source. Methods of self-reinforcement and older-peer modeling are studied. The suggestion that subjects who reinforce…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Conferences, Operant Conditioning
Collins, Allan M. – 1974
Three experiments were run using the SCHOLAR CAI (computer assisted instruction) system to teach geography to high school students. The experiments compared a method of teaching derived from analysis of human tutors (Tutorial Mode) vs. a method derived from programed instruction (Block-Test Mode). In the three experiments, Block-Test Mode was…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Geography, Learning Theories
Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1973
The objective of the Experimental In-Home Training Program, a component program of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project, was to determine the viability of an alternative method of training qualified child care workers for the expanding job market in day care and preschool services and to determine its utility for…
Descriptors: Career Development, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Economically Disadvantaged
Swanson, Mary – 1972
This pamphlet, part of the National Reading Center Volunteer Reading Tutor Program, presents information for the use of a local coordinating committee. The contents include: a volunteer reading tutor program, how the National Reading Center's program works, the local coordinating committee, membership and functions of the local coordinating…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services, Individualized Instruction
Strang, Harold R. – 1971
An assessment was made of the effects of an automated tutoring program in teaching sixth grade disadvantaged children practical reading skills. Nineteen experimental and five control students were randomly selected and tested on 51 practical skills. Experimental students then received automated instruction on 24 of the skills. Correct answering…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 6, Programed Tutoring, Reading Achievement
Goodall, Peter – 1972
Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) is an instructional plan which uses units of material and divides classes of students into small groups, each with a "manager" in charge. The manager is one who has taken the course previously; he acts as a chief proctor who gives oral examinations to the first four students who are ready to pass…
Descriptors: College Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Individualized Instruction, Proctoring
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
It is the intent of this manual to show how a volunteer tutoring program can be implemented and maintained in any community that desires to individualize institutional learning programs through tutoring. The manual attempts to describe the requirements and development of a tutoring program in generic terms; however, it often cites examples from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Individualized Programs, Program Development
Gottlober, Helen R. – 1976
Immaculate Heart College has been awarded a grant by the Office of Education to act as a center and coordinating agent for a prototype tutorial program to prepare adults for CLEP Examinations. The objective is to reach adults within the Los Angeles community who posses the potential for a college degree but who are either unaware of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, College Libraries, College Preparation
Peer reviewedThrapp, Robert W. – Child Study Journal, 1975
A series of 27 individual three-dimensional, visual-motor tutoring sessions were given to 8 trainable mentally retarded public school children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Moderate Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedMelton, Joseph – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Low Achievement
Von Harrison, Grant – NSPI Journal, 1978
Presents a structured tutoring system which maximizes the effectiveness of nonprofessionals who serve as tutors for remediation, or for teaching portions of the instruction all students receive. Tutoring can take place either at home or in the school, and aims to accommodate the unique learning characteristics of students. (JEG)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Design, Instructional Programs
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
