This booklet provides ideas for a multidisciplinary storytelling course designed to train fifth grade students to act as tutors for second grade students. The various sections of the booklet contain the following: the rationale and objectives for the course, hints on planning the course, an introduction to storytelling, suggestions for teaching…

The role of tutoring services in special programs designed to meet the needs of non-traditional community college students was studied through a review of the literature on history of tutoring programs, the development of special programs to meet the remedial, developmental, and compensatory education needs of underprepared students, special…

This guide describes specific strategies that can be used by an adult tutor to help students prepare for the high school basic competency test in mathematics and reading. Included are test taking tips and a series of suggestions for practice work in reading and math. The use of practical materials such as newspaper advertisements and telephone…

DESCRIBED ARE THE EFFORTS OF THE EAST HARLEM COMMUNITY AND A NEW YORK CITY PHILANTHROPIST TO REOPEN THE EAST HARLEM NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY CLUB, A STORE-FRONT CENTER PROVIDING STUDY FACILITIES, HOMEWORK HELP, AND INSTRUCTION IN BASIC SKILLS. THE CLUB IS STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS AND PAID PROFESSIONALS, WITH ADDITIONAL HELP FROM VISTA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD…

The paraprofessional who is a programed tutor can make a significant contribution to the teaching of reading as a technician whose duties and responsibilities are carefully limited and defined. Tutors are usually housewives with at least a high school education. They are required only to judge the correctness of reading responses and the…

The relative value of individual or small group tutoring and isolated or contextual phrase presentation on the reading achievement scores, self-concepts, and reading attitudes of 78 inner-city third-grade Mexican-American subjects was explored in this study. All subjects received regular classroom reading instruction, but the contrast group was…

This guide is a basic reference tool for the paraprofessional working in a preschool Spanish/English bilingual program in a home setting. Characteristics of 3- and 4-year-olds are discussed, followed by procedures for working with parents and with children. Understanding and interpersonal rapport are stressed. A sample home interview form is…

This study describes in detail the synthesis of two relatively new, widely accepted and critically approved teaching methods, writing workshops and peer tutoring programs, in a coordinated program designed to improve student writing skills and attitudes. After tracing the origin of this experiment to specific concerns about the use of standard…

The results of an evaluation of the Provost's Tutorial Fellowship Program (PTFP), the Tutorial Clinics and an interpersonal communications skills workshop are presented along with recommendations for change. The PTFP met its three objectives: Over 90 percent of the tutees who received a letter grade passed the course (objective 1). A formal system…

The effect of tutoring on the reading achievement of disadvantaged Puerto Rican college freshmen studying English as a second language was the focus of this study. Three instructional approaches were compared: directed tutoring, nondirected tutoring, and traditional classroom instruction. Directed tutors' activities were prescribed by a sequence…

Despite recent efforts at compensatory education, thousands of children still go through first grade each year without learning to read. More often than not, these are children of the poor. The underlying assumption of this study is that the major attempt at educational compensation for disadvantaged children have failed because of fundamental…

This study was initiated because the author believed that the house system in the comprehensive schools of England has elements that could be adapted into many American schools to help personalize education for each student. The house system and its place in the comprehensive school is examined with reference to the general organization of the…

The history of Greenland's educational activities began in 1721 with the work of a missionary who encouraged the people to learn to read and write. A century later, higher education became available. In 1905, legislation was enacted that served as a milestone of progress for the growth of education. Separation from Denmark, which was leading…

The purpose of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy Program is to help students stay in school, help dropouts to return to school, or help students enter the job market. The program was evaluated in three categories: East Side Cluster Service, summer enrichment, and educational programs. The major evaluation objectives were to…

This index contains information on 456 computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs and projects developed by 51 organizations. The information was obtained from correspondence, annual reports, technical reports, and questionnaires which were sent to the producers of the program. The material is organized to list: the name of each program or…