Every possible resource should be used in the continuing problem of improvement of reading instruction for every child in the nation. Resources may be near at hand through the national, State and local programs sponsored by Right To Read. A report of the program's successes. (Author/JN)

In the Franklin Square District of New York City, parents, as well as high school and college students, are helping teachers to help children. (Author)

The article describes a pupil tutoring pupil program. (BY)

Seminar in teacher education. (CK)

Author describes tutorial program she established at American River College in her Basic Writing Skills class. The specific approach, the course description, and the grading system are discussed. (DR)

Describes a tutorial program in which school personnel trained fifth- and sixth-grade pupils to tutor kindergarteners in reading. (WY)

An outline of the techniques used to make people aware of the success of a unique tutorial program. One chapter of the book Communication Ideas in Action." (LS)

Cursive signatures were taught to five totally blind students (12 to 27 years old) through a task analytic approach and utilizing tutors not trained in the area of the visually impaired. (Author)

Describes the Writing Tutorial Service at Carleton University, Ottawa, which provides individual tutoring for students who want help with their writing. Outlines some of the teaching techniques used, showing how they vary according to the stage of the composing process at which tutors are required to intervene. (GT)

Describes a program intended to improve the school attendance of truant students, called the Mentoring and Tutoring Help (MATH) program. Discusses the importance of mentors and their roles in the MATH program, and presents the 18 most critical organizational steps for truancy intervention in the program. (SR)

Presents the use of cross-age tutoring to enhance literacy in kindergarten students. Covers benefits of the approach in comparison to other methods. Describes tutor and tutee selection, frequency and length of tutoring, tutor training, tutoring session format, evaluation, and problems encountered. Discusses results, including increased emergent…

Analyzes the first three cohorts of a one-to-one community volunteer tutorial program, an integral part of the Charlottesville (Virginia) City Schools' plan to ensure that all first- and second-grade children learn to read. Demonstrates that two sessions of one-on-one tutoring per week by a trained, supported, and supervised community volunteer…

Describes a study of factors accounting for low levels of student participation in academic assistance programs, based on case studies of eight university students on academic probation who had rejected offers of academic assistance, using structured interviews and the Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory and the Mooney Problem Checklist. Includes…

Describes a short course to expose managers to expert systems, consisting of (1) introductory lecture; (2) supervised computer tutorial; (3) lecture and discussion about knowledge structuring and modeling; and (4) small group work on a case study using computers. (SK)