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Holmgren, Robert; Johansson, Sigurd – Online Submission, 2012
This paper describes a development project aimed at reducing the large number of dropouts in online degree project courses. The idea was that the introduction of group tutorials in virtual seminars, combined with extensive support materials, would reduce dropout rates. Among the students who participated, the dropout rate was reduced by 50%…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Seminars, Dropout Rate, Online Courses
Hogg, Linda; Yates, Anne – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This formative evaluation within a graduate initial teacher education program sought to identify student teachers' perceptions of lecturer practice and its influence on their developing practice. Data collected from course and teaching evaluations and focus group interviews suggested that microstructural course elements--lectures, tutorials, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Course Organization, Student Teachers
Hipkins, Rosemary – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2011
Literature that discusses transformative change in schools typically draws on experiences of renewal and change in existing schools. This report explores the shaping of a new school with the intent, established at the very outset, of offering a curriculum for the 21st century. The report discusses four key aspects of curriculum innovation at this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Educational Change, Governing Boards
McCool, Jenni K. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the ways in which a teacher developed conceptions of measurement teaching and learning as she collaborated with a researcher to learn and implement a measurement learning trajectory with two of her students. Teachers need tools that effectively address the content area of measurement and can be used to improve their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Tutorial Programs, Grade 5
Brichta, J. P.; Bizheva, K.; Sanderson, J. H.; Holbrook, J. – Physics Teacher, 2009
We have developed an easy-to-use online tutorial generator designed to allow instructors to make tutorials quickly and with a minimal learning curve. The motivation was to create a generator that would allow instructors to create tutorials as needed and possibly build up a bank of tutorials over a number of years. A key design feature of the…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Student Needs, Teacher Developed Materials, Tutorial Programs
Son, Ji Y.; Goldstone, Robert L. – Cognition and Instruction, 2009
Instruction abstracted from specific and concrete examples is frequently criticized for ignoring the context-dependent and perspectival nature of learning (e.g., Bruner, 1962, 1966; Greeno, 1997). Yet, in the effort to create personally interesting learning contexts, cognitive consequences have often been ignored. To examine what kinds of…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Perspective Taking, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Carbone, Peter M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Due to the challenges of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, many schools and school districts are implementing after-school tutoring programs to provide students additional instruction to score proficient or better in reading and mathematics. This doctoral study analyzed the effects of the ABC Middle School Educational Assistance Program…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Barganski, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to understand reading tutors' perceptions of the effectiveness of tutorial programs on reading achievement of at-risk students in a South Texas school district. Fifty-eight reading tutors tutoring at-risk students in grades 3-8 were asked to complete a survey entitled "Reading Tutor Survey" and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Tutorial Programs, Reading Achievement, Phonemic Awareness
Harman, Kristyn E. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2010
Individual oral tutorial presentations have been utilised in numerous undergraduate courses to develop and assess students' skills in organising and communicating ideas and information to a select audience. However, evidence from the literature, interviews with academics (n=5), and the author's own experiences have demonstrated that these…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences, Humanities
Hicks, David; Doolittle, Peter E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2008
This article reports on the findings of a study designed to assess the utility of a multimedia tutorial intended to scaffold the development of historical source analysis through the use of the SCIM strategy. Seventy-seven undergraduate students (29 males, 48 females) with a mean age of 19.4 years engaged in a 2.5-hour tutorial across three…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Tutorial Programs, Multimedia Materials
Jensen, Amber – Across the Disciplines, 2012
A pilot program in a public high school positions experienced student writing center tutors to become WAC liaisons who foster writing across the curriculum by raising questions, identifying needs, and providing support to their teachers with the goal of strengthening writing instruction school-wide. This article discusses the background and…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Writing Across the Curriculum, Student Writing Models, Pilot Projects
Bregvadze, Tamar – International Education Studies, 2012
During the past decade Georgia has received strong international support for education reform, and it represents an interesting case by which the effectiveness of particular interventions in the region can be assessed. Most attempts to analyse progress within the system have so far been concentrated on two aspects of formal education: private and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs, Supplementary Education
Jarboe, Darren H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 2007, a Virtual Education Center for Biorenewable Resources was initiated (Raman, Brown, Brumm, Anex, Euken, Nokes, Crofcheck, Van Gerpen, and He, 2006). The Center offered three courses through distance education, including Biorenewable Resources and Technology (BRT) 501--Fundamentals of Biorenewable Resources and Technology. The main…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Tests
Appelt, Kristina M.; Pendell, Kimberly – College & Research Libraries, 2010
Communication and collaboration with faculty are increasingly important in the development of both curriculum-integrated and stand-alone "just in time" library tutorials. In the final developmental stages of the Evidence-Based Practice online tutorials, faculty members were asked to provide input during structured faculty feedback…
Descriptors: Libraries, Tutorial Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses
Yelinek, Kathryn; Tarnowski, Lynn; Hannon, Patricia; Oliver, Susan – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
In this article, the authors, students in an instructional technology graduate course, describe a process to create an online tutorial for teaching software. They created the tutorial for a cyber school's use. Five tutorial modules were linked together through one menu screen using the MenuBuilder feature in the Adobe Captivate program. The…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Tutorial Programs, Educational Technology, Distance Education