The audio-tutorial (A-T) method of teaching biology at the University of North Dakota was studied among 79 subjects during the Fall term of the 1969-70 academic year to determine its effectiveness in comparison with the conventional method. Thirty-eight students were assigned randomly to the A-T group and 41 to the control group. All subjects were…

This document is intended as a guideline for volunteers who work with elementary children in mathematics in the Oklahoma City School System. Following referral and progress sheets designed to increase teacher-volunteer communication about the student, the bulk of the book is a list of involvement activities to assist volunteers in helping students…

The purpose of this study was the determination of those peer teaching variables crucial for the older child's maximal satisfaction. Subjects were 48 fifth grade and 48 third grade children, each grade consisting of 24 males and 24 females. The failure of some subjects to participate in all experimental sessions necessitated the elimination of…

Described is a study to evaluate the effectiveness of peer tutoring and evaluate effectiveness of tutor-tutee interaction involving 15 third, fourth, and fifth graders, all at least one year below grade level in oral reading, and who are divided into tutors, tutees, and controls. (DB)

Effective training and management techniques for the implementation of paraprofessional support systems for mainstreamed deaf students are demonstrated at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). (PHR)

This article promotes the use of the socratic tutorial in making the study of physiology more appropriate to the needs of medical students. Data are also presented on the use of tutorials in physiology. (MR)

Describes a 1-year experimental program set up in a Canadian vocational training institution to study a systems versus the traditional approach to managing technical training. Project data indicated that the experimental group achieved the same body of knowledge in approximately half the training time of the traditional group. (MF)

The article reviews studies which demonstrate the positive impact of peer tutoring on cognitive and affective skills of special children, considers implications for classroom programming, and discusses the use of tutoring as a learning activity for all students regardless of abilities. (Author/DB)

Discusses a study in which four low-achieving 12-year-old readers were trained to tutor similar age low-achieving readers in reading comprehension strategies. States that both tutors and students learned to use the strategies effectively and that both groups made substantial gains in comprehension. (GEA)

Describes the development of an artificial intelligence system called GIDE that analyzes student errors in statistics problems by inferring the students' intentions. Learning strategies involved in problem solving are discussed and the inclusion of goal structures is explained. (LRW)

Teachers need to become comfortable with computers and to find out how to use computers in their teaching. Tips for training teachers include developing an inservice training corps, hiring teachers with computer expertise for peer instruction, and utilizing free services and materials. (MLF)

Analysis of reciprocal peer tutoring combined with group reinforcement contingencies on the arithmetic performance of 12 underachieving fifth-graders indicated that the intervention increased the students' arithmetic performance to a level indistinguishable from their classmates during treatment and 12-week follow-up. Students also increased peer…

Results indicated that the four-deaf blind and severely retarded adolescent subjects performed tasks faster under instruction from high school tutors but required more assistance to complete tasks than under special education teachers. Teachers were more efficient instructors and presented more trials to students per unit of instructional time…

The author describes how he developed a computer-assisted tutoring and testing program for his general psychology course using PILOT on the IBM personal computer. (RM)