This guide gives new tutors who are not professional teachers some techniques for teaching others to read and write. A comprehension-based approach to literacy training is used. Part 1 presents a variety of background information on illiteracy. It also gives some guidelines useful for the new tutor. Part 2 is composed of two diagnostic…

The Introductory Writing Programs developed for freshman students at Northeastern University are described in this document. The introduction outlines the programs' philosophy, which is based on the notion that all writers are developing writers regardless of their ability. The second section looks at how students are placed in either Freshman…

Intended to aid in the design of computer systems that promote efficient learning and performance, this study compared the effects of using hard copy and online format tutorials on the learning activities of 48 undergraduate students in either design or engineering. The tutorials, which provided instruction on the use of the equipment and basic…

An adult literacy course at Harvard University's Extension School trains professionals and volunteers who teach reading to adults. This 1-semester course consists of weekly lectures and workshops along with a supervised practicum. Students need not be accepted into a degree program to enroll. Clients are self-referrals who pay no fees. Students…

In a workplace literacy program designed by the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen and the International Masonry Institute, the basic skills of 615 participants were assessed in mathematics, reading, writing, presentation, listening-responding, and problem-solving at sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Available data…

This revised edition, based on literacy programs in Michigan, was written to reflect changing trends in reading and literacy in a book that can be used to train volunteer tutors, as well as by tutors and students together in weekly sessions. The book is organized in eight sections. The first section differentiates literacy and reading and…

Based on a successful project in Nebraska, this manual was developed for use in establishing a structured all-volunteer adult basic education (ABE) program in small communities or satellite locations. The greater part of the manual covers the various steps a volunteer leader should follow to establish this kind of program, beginning with a section…

A study of the 1989 graduates of postsecondary vocational-technical programs in Montana was designed to provide insight into how graduates selected the schools, their level of satisfaction with training and student services provided while they were in school, and information on their present employment and plans for the future. Survey packets were…

Southwest Missouri State University and The Literacy Connection developed a joint proposal to seek funds for the creation of a literacy corps in the Ozarks. The project determined that 92,000 southwest Missourians are functionally illiterate. The university provides coursework for student volunteer tutors. Student coordinators have been hired to…

Students at Glasgow College who were learning mathematics in the traditional lecture/tutorial situation were compared in an experimental study to those learning mathematics using a computer aided learning (CAL) tutorial. Questionnaires were given to the students to determine both their previous experience of computers, CAL, mathematics, and…

A "Reading Club" approach at Liberty University (Virginia) has been implemented to avoid the stigma that may be associated with elementary and junior high school students receiving remedial reading instruction. Students in grades K-8 from the local schools come to the university campus to be tutored in reading. Elementary education…

This practicum involved finding a solution to the problem concerning the lack of time classroom teachers had in providing remedial or enrichment mathematics activities for students in grade 2 of a Lee County, Florida elementary school. The target populations was a second grade class that consisted of an average of 23 public school students. Goals…

Designed to encourage and aid educators in developing interactive video software, this guide is an outgrowth of an interactive video research and demonstration project at the University of Oregon. Known as Project LIVE (Learning through Interactive Video Education), the objectives of the program were to: (1) develop interactive video courseware…

This handbook, which is designed to explain the steps entailed in organizing and administering a volunteer adult literacy program, is organized into three main sections. The following topics are discussed in the opening section on program organization: planning a program calendar; recruiting, training, and establishing the duties of the program…

This textbook is the first of six textbooks in a sequential reading series that makes use of the principles of modeling and assisted reading. The series can be used with small groups of three to five learners, with individual learners, or in a peer situation. The approach is that of modified language experience using sight words and context clues…