Twenty-four empirical investigations of tutoring interventions were evaluated. Although all authors favored their use, equivocal results were reported. Particularly weak were substantiated reports of social benefits to tutors or tutees. Methodological problems associated with such research in field settings are discussed, and implications for…

This study of selected London newspapers between 1742 and 1765 reveals that advertised educational opportunities for adults, such as public lectures, lecture courses, and private instruction, were relatively expensive. Prior to 1760 medical and scientific topics were emphasized; an emerging interest in dancing, fencing, and music is also noted.…

The author describes a project in which disabled students are trained to tutor nondisabled students. The advantages of such an approach are considered. Tutoring is described in resource rooms, total class approaches, and as a "ripple" model which begins small and expands. (CL)

Research support for peer tutoring with handicapped students is cited, critical components of successful programs described (including mastery learning, tutor training, and staff and administrative support), and considerations in implementation for elementary and secondary settings addressed. (CL)

This study of newspaper advertisements in London and Philadelphia in the mid-eighteenth century reveals similarities in the public lectures and private instruction/evening schools offered for adults. Differences illustrate how colonial Americans were able to modify British institutions for their own needs. (SK)

A multi-element cross-age tutoring program involved handicapped adolescents as tutors of elementary school handicapped children in areas of reading, language arts, and mathematics. Program evaluation results suggested that the program can be readily implemented in public school districts, and that it is effective in enhancing scholastic…

This paper begins by describing the competing priorities and problems its author/educator encounters when trying to take care of business in the writing center. The paper moves from discussing her firsthand experiences as a scholar interested in both professional writing and the writing center to a study she and a friend did about tutor…

A number of researchers in cognitive science have proposed reasons as to why collaborative learning is more efficient than learning alone. The study of collaborative learning has shifted in focus to the relationship between the process of collaboration itself and the learning results. This study focuses on the latter. The study proposes two…

The author feels that except in the area of academic administration, the personal tutor system in England is not providing an effective service, and in the area of students' emotional and personal problems, may be providing very little service indeed. (Author)

The author addresses himself to some of the more important aspects of residential adult programs. (AN)

Teacher-tutor exchange gives tutor experience of classroom teaching. (IR)

Roger Garrison's tutorial approach to writing instruction was adapted for elementary learning disabled (LD) students. The writing laboratory allowed fourth and fifth grade LD students to write and receive feedback on essays in which they expressed their own thoughts and feelings. (CL)

The Whisman Language Tutor program, a 10-level continuum of language acquisition developed to guide the teaching of syntactical structures through commands and questions, has successfully used learning disabled students as tutors for their non-English speaking peers. (CL)

The literature on involvement programs for parents of learning disabled children was reviewed to discover the types of programs attempted, their results, and their implications. The most common program types were tutoring and counseling. Results for both types were generally positive. (Author)