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Download full textLeach, Carol A. – 1993
A study determined if a paired reading program had an effect on reading achievement and reading attitude of a selected group of 10 third graders. Student pairing was based on the results of a Student Attitude Survey which was one component of portfolio assessment. Within the survey, "at-risk" readers identified "more able"…
Descriptors: Grade 3, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Teaching
District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC. – 1993
"A Feel for Books" is a book discussion series held for adult developing readers and their teachers and tutors. Students from various literacy programs serve as hosts for the five or six sessions held yearly, and project staff and tutors serve as facilitators. This resource book describes program activities and contains selected stories…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Books
Nakabayashi, Kiyoshi; Hoshide, Takahide; Seshimo, Hitoshi; Fukuhara, Yoshimi – 1998
This paper describes the design and implementation of an object-oriented World Wide Web-based CAI (Computer-Assisted Instruction) system. The goal of the design is to provide a flexible CAI/ITS (Intelligent Tutoring System) framework with full extendibility and reusability, as well as to exploit Web-based software technologies such as JAVA, ASP (a…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Courseware, Educational Technology
Lovin, Brenda – 1990
This guide explains the duties of an Indian tutor in the Indian Education Program in Moore (Oklahoma) Public Schools and provides hints for successful tutoring. The reading section describes reading skills; explains the components of sight vocabulary skills, word analysis skills, and comprehension skills; provides checklists on general reading…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Norris, Cathleen A., Ed.; Poirot, James L., Ed. – 1991
The eight papers presented in this monograph are a result of the Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Research Workshop that was held in conjunction with the 1990 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). The intent of the workshop was to provide a unique forum for researchers to share ideas in a special area of educational computing. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
Johns, Jerry L. – 1992
Reading clinics that are part of the service mission of a college or university evolved out of a medical model. Such clinics serve as research centers to investigate and study readers at risk, offer training facilities for undergraduate and/or graduate students who seek to gain expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of reading difficulties, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Slaughter, Judith P.; And Others – 1991
Designed to reinforce initial training and to provide a collection of useful ideas for students who serve as peer tutors, this guidebook provides tips for tutors to improve the reading abilities. Following an introduction which asserts the benefits of peer tutoring programs, the guidebook is divided into two major sections: "Tutoring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Peer Teaching
Imel, Susan – 1994
Peer tutoring refers to the process of having learners help each other on a one-to-one basis. Two types of peer tutoring are found in adult literacy and basic education: "near peer" tutoring in which one learner is more advanced than the other and "co-peer" tutoring in which the learners are fairly well matched in skill level.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Benefits, Literacy Education
Zumwalt, Judy – 1994
A study examined sex differences among peer writing tutors concerning the use of discipline-specific terms and the suggestion of revision strategies. Subjects, four male tutors, four female tutors, four male students, and four female students, were tape recorded for 11 minutes during one-on-one same-sex and opposite-sex peer conferences.…
Descriptors: College Students, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Peer Teaching
Crawford County Literacy Council, Meadville, PA. – 1993
A project assisted volunteers and staff of the Crawford County (Pennsylvania) READ Program in increasing their personal awareness of and sensitivity to factors in the life of adult learners that may hinder or otherwise affect learning. The object was to help tutors and staff become aware of when help is needed and how to refer or provide that help…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Helping Relationship, Literacy Education
Mohr, Ellen – 1991
Designed to examine the nature and extent of peer tutoring and tutor training at community colleges, this report reviews the literature on the topic, describes a national study conducted by the League for Innovation in the Community College (LICC), and reports on a survey of the attitudes of peer tutors at Johnson County Community College (JCCC)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Literature Reviews, Peer Teaching, Program Design
Perry, Marie J. – 1991
A practicum addressed the cognitive and affective needs of underachieving fifth grade students in a suburban school in southwest Florida. Twelve fifth grade students (the target group) were paired with same age tutors who provided supplemental reading instruction four times a week over a 12-week period. They also participated in weekly…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition
Simpson, Richard L.; And Others – 1991
This booklet reviews the literature and suggests effective strategies for teaching social skills to children and youth with autism. The first chapter reviews the four common approaches for promoting social development. An individual chapter is then given to each of these: direct skill instruction; antecedent prompting procedures; peer-initiated…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
McGrady, Donna S. – 1984
Subjects in this study were 69 fourth-grade students enrolled in a Chapter 1 program who received low scores on a standardized reading comprehension test in the spring of 1982. One group (n=35) received 15 minutes of programed reading tutoring each day throughout the 1982-1983 school year as a supplement to classroom instruction. The Houghton…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Programed Instructional Materials
Smith, Patricia K. – 1983
To determine the trend of school tutoring programs in the states, a survey letter was sent to all 50 state superintendents of public instruction. Of the 48 replies received, 8 states indicated they have some type of statewide program, and 41 reported local tutoring programs. An analysis of the data led to several conclusions. There appears to be a…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Peer Teaching
