Analyzed and related to the education of gifted children is the role of the mentor as seen in the writings of Castaneda. The mentor/pupil relationship is illustrated in the sorcerer and the apprentice. Characteristics of the mentor's art (such as teaching from the world to the student) and of the pupil (such as a willingness to experience) are…

Described is Ohio's use of community volunteers in the education of behaviorally disordered children and suggested are guidelines for the organization and development of similar programs. Advantages of such an approach are seen to include adaptability and lack of expense. Elements (including volunteer recruitment and child selection) of the Ohio…

Although tutoring can be very helpful to disadvantaged students, as can preschool experiences, neither of them is fundamental. The fundamental job consists of a basic change in the character of the school system itself from a middle-class situation to a more representative one, and intensive teacher training programs aimed toward building teacher…

A model for the audiotutorial learning system was developed which consists of three stages. In the first stage, prelearning activities, the teacher and the learner communicate the goals, objectives, needs, expectations, and rationales for the learning. Also in this stage is a diagnosis-prescription test designed to structure and initiate the next…

The effect of different degrees of pupil imitation on male and female tutors' attitudes and behavior was investigated in this study. Subjects were 72 sixth grade students, half male and half female. A 3 x 2 x 2 factorial design was used (Pupil Imitation--Low, Medium, and High; Pupil Liking--Medium and High; and Sex--Male and Female). After two…

The "Transitional Year" program is an effort on the part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri to assist academically disadvantaged students from inner city high schools in the Kansas City area. Specifically, the program attempts to meet the special educational and social needs of the inner city student when…

This report presents the results of a survey that attempted to assess the nature and extent of minority group participation in the graduate programs at Michigan State University for the 1969-70 academic year. Minority group status was defined as membership in 1 of 3 groups: Black American, Mexican American, and Indian American. The number of…

This is a report of the tutorial and counseling support programs initiated by the Center for Urban Affairs and Equal Opportunity Programs at Michigan State University during the 1969-70 academic year. The report discusses: (1) the objectives of the program which included improving the student's self-image; (2) the organizational structure of the…

Historically most tutoring studies have been concerned with the impact on the students being tutored. Recently there has been a tendency to look at the impact on the tutor and even to focus the program on that impact. A few recent studies have been concerned with discovering ways to improve the program itself. It has not been possible to isolate…

Presented is the text of House of Representatives Bill 1986, a bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide tutorial and related instructional services for homebound children through the employment of college students, particularly veterans and other students who themselves are handicapped. Described are requirements of local and…

Describes the training program for new tutors which is employed by the Student Learning Center at the University of California at Berkeley. (DD)

A field experiment in peer tutoring was conducted with college students to test a theoretical model that attached greater desirability to be the tutor than the tutee and to be in an equitable (status congruent) rather than inequitable relationship. Results supported the model. (Author/JKS)

Describes the Active Reading Techniques System (ACTS), developed at Ohio State University as an instructional system for use by tutors of adult learners. ACTS consists of five techniques, each of which are described separately: Language Experience Technique, Information Reading Technique, Life-Skills Technique, Context Clues Technique, and Silent…

Discusses why writing centers are concerned about plagiarism, how this concern has influenced writing center pedagogy, and whether this concern has been counterproductive to student learning. (RS)

Examines the oral interactions between four different undergraduate writers and four different graduate student tutors. Results indicate that the interactions have characteristics of peer and classroom interaction, that they are less clearly oriented than teacher-student conferences, and that they cannot really be considered peer group talk. (RS)