The novel is important to teach; there is no one novel, though, that every student needs to read; flexibility and ingenuity are called for. (JH)

If prospective teachers are expected to transfer their classroom theory to school situations, identical or highly similar situations should be provided to show the learner the relationship between the theoretical elements presented in college lectures and the actual teaching behaviors to which they apply. While field experience in an authentic…

Cross age tutoring is the subject of this document. In this teaching method, secondary school students tutor elementary students in basic skills. The goal is to enhance the learning and motivation of the tutors, in contrast to the practice in which the learning of the tutee is the primary focus. This document, one of a series of seven on this…

The college tutor's job is often one of clarifying and reinterpreting material already presented. It is important to highlight the point that the tutor is not teaching--teaching has already taken place. Rather, the tutor is addressing a singular need and is clarifying and rephrasing for the student, which is a talent separate and distinct from…

This report on the role of the arts in progressive and experimental education suggests that, despite certain notable exceptions, alternative schools have traded the old formalism for a new disorder that is unfriendly to some (though not all) elements of successful arts instruction: critical self-consciousness, periodic solitude, and stringent…

This issue of a publication devoted to providing ideas and guidance for teachers of English as a second language includes the following articles and features: (1) "2LL + CIM = TLP: An Equation That Can [Mean] Total Success for Language Teaching," (2) "Improving Reading Comprehension through Peer Persuasion and Competitions,"…

The educational literature on tutoring programs indicates definite and positive effects on the academic performance and attitudes of those who receive tutoring. Such students outperform their peers on examinations, and they express more positive attitudes toward the subjects in which they are tutored. Tutoring programs also have positive effects…

The research analyzed the effects of peer tutoring and teacher presentations about handicaps on the social acceptance of 16 mainstreamed educable mentally retarded (EMR) children (10 from primary and 6 from intermediate level classes). In addition, the effect of peer tutoring on reading achievement of EMR students was examined. Results showed that…

This book provides suggestions for teaching a minicourse in dental hygiene. It is designed to serve as a guide for a health program for upper elementary students and also as a guide to implementing a tooth tutoring program. This program trains grade five students to tutor younger students in the basic principles of dental health. Each section…

This paper describes the results of some same-college-age peer tutoring experiments. It is based on a theoretical model that calls for greater satisfaction and performance to result from being assigned the role of tutor than of tutee, and under equitable (status-congruent) rather than inequitable conditions. Same-sex tutoring pairs were formed of…

The described inservice teacher education materials are for the use of both secondary school English teachers who are training tutors in reading and for lay tutors. An outline of the scope and sequencing of topics in the program is presented as well as a description of activities and resources involved in use of the materials. Ordering information…

The "Alternatives Through Peer Teaching" program, in which ninth graders teach a special mathematics curriculum to seventh graders, was developed to raise the achievement levels of low socioeconomic level students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. This final report details the history of the program, developed by Louis…