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Download full textCuster, Jeanene D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1980
Twelve educable and three trainable mentally retarded fifth and sixth grade students were trained in techniques to allow them to tutor nonhandicapped students in sign language. Observers noted free play interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped children at lunch hours. Results indicated that the mean percentage of interaction between…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance
Waterman, Steve – 1980
In the Berkeley Unified School District, funds from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) were used to establish programs in communication skills, particularly writing and motivation for writing, in schools with enrollments which were more than 50 percent minority. Perhaps the most impressive achievement of the program was an unintended side-effect:…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Language Arts, Pilot Projects
Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Collins, Allan – 1978
Ways in which the emerging field of cognitive science can have a major impact on practical education are demonstrated by an overview of two projects: the work on Socratic tutoring by Collins and Stevens, and the diagnosing students' misconceptions in arithmetic by Brown and Burton. These two projects are cited as examples of how the techniques of…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Diagnosis
LUND, VICTOR E. – 1966
OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO COMPARE THE LEARNING OF PIANO KEYBOARD SKILLS BY CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION AND BY AN "ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD TUTOR" (EKT) DEVICE, BOTH PROVIDING MONITORING, AND IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK. THE EKT PROVIDES VISUAL FEEDBACK ONLY--IT IS A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC SWITCHES CONNECTED TO A PIANO KEYBOARD. EDUCATION STUDENTS INITIALLY AT…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Electromechanical Aids, Feedback
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1964
THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT REGULAR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS HAVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AIMS TO SALVAGE, FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, THOSE PUPILS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BECOME DROPOUTS OR FAIL TO GET INTO COLLEGE. EACH TEACHING ASSIGNMENT IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS IS FOR ONE…
Descriptors: After School Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Guides
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The learning module described is designed for the use of teachers interested in implementing or improving a student tutoring program. The content of the module is outlined, and the activities and resources involved in its use are described. A critique of the module is presented, and ordering information is included. (JD)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
Williams, Barbara I.; And Others – 1977
This research study investigated the effects of tutoring by trained paraprofessionals on pupil outcomes in the areas of mathematics achievement, self-concept as related to mathematics, attitude toward mathematics, and external locus of control as related to mathematics. It also sought to investigate the relationship between certain tutoring skills…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Educational Research, Elementary Education
MERRILL, CHARLES – 1966
THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY ABLE DISADVANTAGED NEGRO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN INDEPENDENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS MIGHT INITIATE A SPECIAL NEGRO SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE. ALSO, COLLEGES MIGHT ENCOURAGE PROSPECTIVE NEGRO FRESHMEN BY PROVIDING…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Van Gilder, Lester L.; Kania, Joanne – 1968
Sixteen volunteer aides living in inner city Milwaukee were selected according to education (a high school diploma), age (21 years or older), experience working with people, dependability, and availability. They were divided into four groups, and each group was assigned an instructor from the Marquette University reading staff. Ten weekly training…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy
Saint Louis Board of Education, MO. – 1968
This ESEA Title III library program was designed to motivate the reading of elementary school pupils in the St. Louis, Missouri, schools. Main features of the program included (1) centralized processing of library materials; (2) establishment of a library services center; (3) establishment of libraries in 12 overcrowded elementary schools; (4)…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Library Services, Motivation, Reading Interests
Dinges, Rodney F. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not adult prison inmates reading below the third-grade level can significantly increase their reading level by the use of a tutor-student teaching method, supplemented by the use of flashcards. The subjects in this study were 10 functionally illiterate adult prison inmates, selected on a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Individual Instruction, Prisoners
Collins, Allan – 1976
A theory of Socratic tutoring was developed in the form of pattern-action rules for a computer program. The rules were derived from analyses of a variety of tutorial dialogs. The 23 rules were designed to formalize causal knowledge and reasoning, and they included such abilities as forming hypotheses, distinguishing between necessary and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Critical Thinking, Hypothesis Testing
Lefevre, Carl A.; Kapel, David E. – 1975
A linear programed textbook, "Reading by Patterns: A Programmed Guide to Reading Sentences and Paragraphs," by Carl Lefevre, et al., is evaluated in three studies and found to be effective with remedial readers with nonstandard English dialects. The textbook is used in a tutorial program in which a tutor reads the directions and exercise…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Nonstandard Dialects, Programed Instructional Materials, Programed Tutoring
Sutton, Doris G. – 1975
In assessing the evaluation of student compositions, it is evident that even when objectives for freshman composition are established, there is little agreement or consistency among faculty regarding the transfer of these objectives into operational terms. A study conducted at Eastern Kentucky University compared the long term effects of two…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, English, Higher Education
