The effectiveness of specific dimensions of adult mediation on preschoolers' self-regulation of a model consultation strategy was evaluated using microcomputer puzzle tasks. Findings suggest that children's acquisition of the model consultation can improve over a short period of time with culturally mediated instruction. (Author/GLR)

To improve its school failure rate, a Virginia intermediate school instituted Project Achievement, a privately funded program helping at-risk students complete homework assignments. Structured into three one-hour sessions featuring tutoring, interdisciplinary study groups, and special activities, the project is immensely popular. During the summer…

Describes the development of a sociolinguistic inquiry method to explain the verbal communication processes operating between tutor and student. Explains the coding of audiotaped tutoring sessions in terms of the interaction moves of initiation, reply, evaluation, marker, and addition. Presents preliminary results and implications for research and…

Describes the chief characteristics of the Success for All program and reports some results of its effects on beginning readers and writers. Concludes that reading failure is fundamentally preventable for nearly all children, regardless of home background. (MG)

Developed as a retention alternative, the Summer Accelerated Learning Time (SALT) program combines two effective strategies, providing one-on-one tutoring within an extended-year framework for students at risk of early reading failure. An evaluation showed a 1.1 mean reading level change for 22 SALT participants. (10 references) (MLH)

Assesses effects of different gender pairings, of the tutor's sex, and of the choice of tutor on reading tutoring outcomes. Finds little evidence that any pairing was more successful than others or that the tutor's sex had significant effects on the tutoring outcome; finds possible effects for tutor choice. (DSK)

Describes STILE (Students' and Teachers' Integrated Learning Environment) project that used a computer-mediated communication environment to assist student learning on a computer science course for both technical and nontechnical students. Discusses the student-tutor and the student-student exchanges in two of the tutorial conferences. Focuses…

Analyzes the perspectives of college student-tutors as they begin to understand their work with less literate adults. Reveals that the tutors' attention was in discovering how they learn best as a base for considering the learning of others, negotiating a role with adult learners, and identifying their relation to the "haves" and "have-nots." (CMK)

Studied five tutors' personal constructs about their students, as identified by repertory grid interviews and interpreted by cluster analysis. All tutors judged and classified students in similarly defined terms of motivation and intellectual ability. Implications for programming computer-based tutors are discussed. (Author/MAK)

Discusses a study of teaching methods used by university adult and continuing education tutors and how these methods were perceived and experienced by a sample of students. Findings indicate that role-playing, games, and simulation were infrequently used; students had negative opinions of more experiential methods; and students preferred…

After a violent incident just outside an Austin (Texas) middle school, the principal and her staff decided that the problem of gangs could not be resolved by merely banning gang colors and signing. Special clubs, community volunteers, and a no-failure policy helped make students less vulnerable to gang membership. (MLH)

Examines factors influencing the reading engagement of 24 struggling, resistant readers in grade 3 through 5 who were tutored by university graduate and undergraduate students. Notes that all students made great strides in reading achievement and in voluntary reading motivation. Finds the most salient factor in increasing reading motivation was…

Discusses the redistribution of power and authority invited by networked computers. Examines the changing roles of teachers and tutors as they set up and monitor occasions for writing to take advantage of the increased participation and involvement when students write with computers. Discusses how this valuable experience can be most effectively…

Examines the effects of tutoring on trained college tutors and tutees. Reports on interviews of 39 tutors and evaluations from 838 of their tutees, concluding that tutoring plays an integral role in the development of college students and that tutoring programs have value on campus. Lists the qualities of a good tutor, describes tutoring processes…

The purpose of this study was to (a) examine how the reading skills of children at-risk are affected by tutoring by preservice reading endorsement students, (b) to identify differences by setting, gender and grade level, and to (c) identify effective strategies and influences on student success in a four-month tutoring program. Data were collected…