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Pinder-Grover, Tershia; Green, Katie R.; Millunchick, Joanna Mirecki – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
In large lecture courses, it can be challenging for instructors to address student misconceptions, supplement background knowledge, and identify ways to motivate the various interests of all students during the allotted class time. Instructors can harness instructional technology such as screencasts, recordings that capture audio narration along…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Student Needs
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Lo, Leo S.; Dale, Jenny McCraw – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2009
As the American higher education paradigm shifts from a traditional classroom instruction model to a distributed learning model, academic libraries must update library instruction methods to allow for more flexible delivery of content. Distance students particularly need instructional content that can be accessed anywhere, at any time. This…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Mowschenson, Julie Joyal; Weintraub, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
This article describes Brookline High School's new Tutorial Program, an alternative to the more traditional special education learning center. The Tutorial serves students with learning disabilities, replacing conventional special education support with academic guidance from regular classroom teachers. Tutorial students meet daily with a team of…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests, Learning Centers (Classroom)
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Sharma, Manjula Devi; McShane, Kim – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
Since their inception in 1993 at an Australian university, the workshop tutorials in physics have evolved and grown beyond the initiating department. In this paper, we adopt an interpretive perspective to: (i) reflect on why the tutorials continue to be successful; (ii) use models from literature to understand that success; and (iii) abstract key…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Physics, Science Instruction, Workshops
Donnelly, Roisin – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2009
This paper describes a qualitative study which took place over a two year period with academic staff engaged on a blended Masters programme delivered with the learning environment based around problem-based learning. At the pedagogical level, transformative practice has the potential to engage students as critical thinkers, by encouraging them to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Masters Programs
Bell, Edwin D.; Powell, Frankie Denise; Johnson-Green, Gwendolyn – Online Submission, 2011
This paper is a case study of the impact of a community-based, collaborative, mentoring intervention on the academic and personal success of a group of 32 students who were enrolled in Rowland Hill Latham Elementary School in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools during the year that the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Models, Logical Thinking
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Lorenzo, Carmen Ricoy; Pino Juste, Margarita – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2008
This article describes a qualitative study, and it focuses on the analysis of the dynamics surrounding tutorial action in higher education. The authors have tried to determine the specific needs of the students by identifying and examining the functions associated with tutorial action. Several action guidelines aimed at improving tutorial function…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Improvement, Tutorial Programs, Qualitative Research
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Cheung, Wing Sum; Hew, Khe Foon – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In this paper, we share two blended learning approaches used at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. We have been using these two approaches in the last twelve years in many courses ranging from the diploma to graduate programs. For the first blended learning approach, we integrated one asynchronous communication tool with face to…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
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Pritchard, Peggy; Thomas, Dan – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
Most faculty will agree that students must learn to write well (Emerson, MacKay, MacKay, & Funnell, 2006), and in the sciences, a variety of approaches have been taken. In the College of Physical and Engineering Science at the University of Guelph, we have developed a way of embedding research, writing, and analytical skills into an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Area Writing, Physical Sciences, Engineering Education
Bailey, Geoffrey K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Peer tutoring at the postsecondary level has been studied extensively, particularly over the last twenty years. Peer tutoring programs are common across institutional type and size in the United States (Boylan, Bonham, Bliss, & Saxon, 1995; Maxwell, 2001) given students' preferences for tutors who share age and status similarity (Cohen, 1986;…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Tutor Training
Hoff, David J. – Education Week, 2007
With the number of students eligible for federally financed tutoring continuing to grow, school officials and tutoring providers are fighting over the scope of the program and debating how to measure its quality. As Congress revisits the tutoring initiative and other sections of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, lawmakers want answers to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Standards, Reading Teachers, Tutoring
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Strait, Jean; Jones, Joyce – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2009
Hamline University, a medium sized college in St. Paul Minnesota, dedicated resources and time to New Orleans, Louisiana in its efforts to rebuild and reclaim the city. Days after Hurricane Katrina hit, Hamline sent students, faculty and staff to help with recovery efforts. The Education Club adopted Martin Luther King Science and Technology…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Mentors, College School Cooperation, Emergency Programs
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Hannafin, Robert D.; Truxaw, Mary P.; Vermillion, Jennifer R.; Liu, Yingjie – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The authors investigated the effects of student spatial ability, as measured by Raven's Progressive Colored Matrices (J. C. Raven, 1938) and type of instructional program on geometry achievement. Sixth-grade students worked through either 6 instructional activities in Geometer's Sketchpad (Key Curriculum Press, 1993), a dynamic geometry program,…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Spatial Ability, Time on Task, Geometry
Williams, Andrew James – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Delaware Technical and Community College online courses are not properly focused to ensure instructors are effective in improving student achievement. First time online students are not given the proper tools when navigating online courses at the college. The focus at Delaware Tech should be on improving the format which students use when…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Course Content, Educational Change
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Silen, Charlotte; Uhlin, Lars – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
Self-directed learning (SDL), is an essential concept in problem-based learning (PBL), and, in a broader sense, student-centred learning. Considering the complex nature of SDL, it has been taken for granted and given a shallow meaning, i.e. self-study. In order to develop a deeper understanding and make use of the potential in SDL, this paper…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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