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Fredman, Norman; And Others – 1973
The Reach-Out Program served as an enriched guidance service for potential dropouts. It sought, by closer contact with the home, to improve pupil attitude, attendance, punctuality, and reading competence and to make pupils and parents aware of those services available in school and community that would facilitate learning and maturity. The program…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Wong, Daisy; And Others – 1973
The Lower East Side Preparatory School's main goal was to provide basic educational requirements for graduation with improved self-image among students who are dropouts/returnees from the lower east side. Because of the school's location it included the Chinatown area. The student population consisted principally of dropouts with poor academic…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
Hittleman, Daniel; And Others – 1973
The Central Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Remedial Services to Eligible Nonpublic School Pupils is a direct outgrowth of the ESEA Title I Act of 1965 and has been operating in New York City Public Schools since 1966. During the 1972-73 school year approximately 16,300 pupils were enrolled in the NPS program and were serviced by the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Handicapped Students, Private School Aid, Program Evaluation
Texley, Lloyd C.; Dvorak, Ronald S. – 1973
The purposes of the Multiple Activities Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, were: (1) to supplement the instructional program for educationally disadvantaged children by developing a curriculum and techniques, specifically in reading, which would raise their achievement level commensurate with their…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Niedermeyer, Fred C.; Ellis, Patricia Ann – 1970
The Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development developed an exportable tutorial program whereby school personnel can train older students or adult nonprofessionals to tutor kindergarten children in reading. The initial program was tried out in a middle-income suburban district near Los Angeles. Nine kindergarten…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary School Students, Field Studies
Kopp, Frederick S. – 1972
The Youth Tutoring Youth program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was directed toward attitude and ability change of underachieving high school and elementary school pupils. It also attempted to effect a change in basic language study skills of these students by using the Youth Tutoring Youth (YTY) model which…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
DePetro, Henry – 1972
Planned as a cooperative program between Aims College and a local school district, the exemplary program Operation Bridge will represent a comprehensive approach to the vocational needs of disadvantaged youths with a program aimed mainly toward Chicano youths from economically underprivileged families. Project features are to include: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Education, Cooperative Programs

Levin, Henry M.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1987
The cost effectiveness of four approaches to improving mathematics and reading performance of elementary school children is compared. Peer tutoring is found to be more cost-effective than computer-assisted instruction, and both are more cost-effective than reducing class size or increasing the length of the school day. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Class Size, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Cross Age Teaching

Chand, Sunil – Journal of Developmental Education, 1985
Describes the following aspects of the Developmental Education Program at Triton College: student placement, courses, faculty selection, reading and writing instruction, mathematics instruction, the Learning Assistance Center (LAC), LAC tutoring, LAC special projects, LAC management, special needs assistance program for disabled students, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Disabilities

McConnell, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1986
Presents major outcomes of a 2-year trial of the Open University's Cyclops shared-screen telewriting tutorial system. Impact of the system is considered in terms of human factors of the technology; tutors' and students' experience with Cyclops; and tutorial activities and their acceptability to participants. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Display Systems, Distance Education, Equipment Evaluation
Vadasy, Patricia – 2002
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a project designed to investigate the sustainability of two federally funded intervention programs by school staff. The first, Eastlake High School Inclusion Program, implemented processes and instructional interventions designed to support the full inclusion of students with disabilities…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Design, Program Development
Arkin, Marian; Eisenberg, Nora; Peters, Ann – 2001
This paper addresses the problem of how a community college writing center can maintain its personalized character as it moves toward online resources and approaches. The authors describe a writing resource developed by the Writing Center at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) by LaGuardia and CUNY faculty and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Frank, Marcella – 2000
This document is a copy of a talk regularly given to new volunteers of English in Action, a community-based organization that provides conversation practice to non-native English speakers. The volunteer tutors typically have no formal English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) training. This packet is designed to help these volunteers be effective ESL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, English (Second Language), Grammar
Mayfield, Laureen Goers – 2000
This study evaluated the effects of using the Edmark Reading Program, Level 1, to develop sight-word vocabulary in first graders at risk for reading failure. This program is a highly structured approach based on providing explicit, direct instruction that is intensive, focused, and not of brief duration. The 62 students receiving the intervention…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Individual Instruction

Rhodes, Paula; Swedlow, David – Journal of Dental Education, 1983
A peer tutor program designed to reduce student stress, develop tutor skills, and improve the learning environment is outlined. The program focuses on comprehension of curriculum content, time management, study skills, organization of laboratory projects and study materials, and manual skills development. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dental Students, Higher Education, Peer Teaching