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Download full textDeterline, William A. – 1970
The first half of this report reviews four major projects which are training tutors for cross-age and peer tutoring, and the second half outlines a model for training and using tutors in either elementary or secondary schools. The four projects reviewed are 1) Youth Tutoring Youth, operated by the National Commission on Resources for Youth in New…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Models, Peer Teaching
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1968
Part one of this manual introduces the supervisor to the Youth Tutoring Youth program and outlines his particular responsibilities; the outline also provides a guide to seven resource chapters in part two which contain specific information about how to fulfill the responsibilities. Through the resource chapters, information on the following…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials
Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas City, MO. – 1968
Thirty children and their mothers from a poverty area of Kansas City enrolled in a Head Start parent cooperative nursery school. The mothers actively participated in a parent-training program consisting of tutorial training in which a series of lessons designed to teach preacademic concepts and skills to the children was presented to the mothers.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Mothers, Parent Participation
Ennis, Robert H. – 1970
Conditional logic, as interpreted in this paper, means deductive logic characterized by "if-then" statements. This study sought to investigate the knowledge of conditional logic possessed by primary children and to test their readiness to learn such concepts. Ninety students were designated the experimental group and participated in a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deduction, Intelligence, Logic
Wynn, H. Helena – 1974
This paper summarizes the results of a proposal written for an undergraduate fellowship program involving peer-tutoring. The program was established to provide tutor-fellows for students experiencing difficulties in their college curriculum. Inclass participation of the tutor allowed for closer classroom observation of student behavior and…
Descriptors: College Students, Individualized Programs, Interaction, Peer Groups
Ronshausen, Nina L. – 1974
The effect of programmed tutoring on mathematics achievement for kindergarten and first grade children was investigated. The program used discovery-based activities, with each child working on a one-to-one basis with an adult aide. The adult tutor received about 30 hours of training in the program but no direct instruction in mathematics or…
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Education
Barr, Avron; And Others – 1974
A course in computer programing is being developed as a vehicle for research in tutorial modes of computer-assisted instruction. Methods for monitoring and aiding the student as he works on interesting programing problems are employed. The problems are individually selected via an optimization scheme based on a model of the student's ability and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Problem Solving
Rollins, Howard – 1970
One of the main purposes of the program reported herein was to reduce the academic and attitudinal problems of the underachieving high school pupils and to give them the responsibility for producing similar changes in the elementary pupils. The purpose of this evaluation was to determine to what extent the program had been successful. Because of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Educational Attitudes, Low Achievement
Montgomery Community Action Agency, AL.
The purpose of this handbook is to explain the St. Jude Basic Education (ABE) Program in Montgomery, Alabama by posing and answering a number of questions on the program. The answers provide information on: the purpose and goal of a tutorial program; the St. Jude ABE program; the type of student who comes to St. Jude; transportation; the high…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Equivalency Tests, Program Administration, Secondary School Curriculum
Cease, John S.; Haley, Leroy D. – 1969
The feasibility of offering, on a voluntary, no credit basis, a programmed audio-tutorial instruction approach to the listening skills was investigated; and the extent to which these materials meet the listening needs of students was studied. Two groups of 22 and 20 students at a state university were chosen randomly from volunteers. The…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Control Groups, English Instruction, Experimental Groups
Robbins, Edward L. – 1973
The purpose of this handbook, which was developed by the National Reading Center, is to bring to each child who is having trouble learning to read a trained tutor to give him the right kind of help. Sections are given to explaining some characteristics of children who have reading problems, outlining some general principles of successful tutoring,…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Reading Comprehension, Reading Failure, Reading Instruction
LeVine, Evelyn; Schmitz, Paul – 1972
The Volunteers in Education Project is designed to utilize community volunteers to provide, without charge, various services to the school staff. Other goals are to reinforce the instruction of the teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to students, to make available the talents and resources of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Descriptions
Washington Technical Inst., Washington, DC. – 1971
Project VOICE tutoring service at the Washington Technical Institute (WTI) sent an eight-item evaluation questionnaire to students who had used its tutoring service in 1970. The survey was designed to assess the effectiveness of the service from the students' point of view and discover new ways to strengthen the program. Two hundred questionnaires…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Allen, Vernon L.; Feldman, Robert S. – 1972
Low-achieving fifth-grade children either taught a third grader or studied alone for a series of daily sessions. At the end of the two-week period, the low-achievers' performance was significantly better in the tutoring condition than in the studying condition. This showed a reversal in the direction from the initial difference between conditions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Miami-Dade Junior Coll., FL. – 1972
During the fall semester of 1971, a peer teaching program was started in biology, physics, psychology, social science and reading classes at Miami-Dade Junior College (Florida). While the specific responsibilities of the peer teachers differed in each class, generally they were expected to assist the students in learning basic skills and…
Descriptors: Individual Instruction, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs
