The intended end product of the research project described is an "intelligent" multimedia tutoring system for procedural tasks, in particular, the repair of physical objects. This paper presents the data structure that will be used, i.e., a graph with five types of nodes (mental, abstract, motoric or action, visual, and verbal) and two types of…

The relative effectiveness of tutoring for both partners was examined by comparing tutoring with other learning activities that differed either in the amount of exposure to the learning materials or the presence of a helping relationship or both. The subjects were 160 undergraduates who were evaluated on their acquisition of Esperanto. Subjects…

The study reported here had two main aims: to collect data relating to verbal participation in 'conventional' tutor-led groups and to examine the feasibility of using leaderless groups in university teaching. (Author)

This article attempts to determine whether contingent access to a tutor would serve to motivate more positive academic behavior. Subjects were 16 fourth-graders. Results indicate that contingent application of individual tutoring did, indeed, increase academic performance in 15 of the students. (Author/HMV)

This report evaluated the Harlem Parents School Community Program designed to provide individual tutorial assistance to 80 elementary school students who were two or more years below grade level in reading and mathematics. Tutoring sessions were held at a neighborhood center Monday through Thursday afternoons and evenings. Workshops and cultural…

Reviewed is the practice of using children to teach other children; and described is an organized approach, Peer Assisted Learning, designed to assist the regular class placement of mildly handicapped students through peer involvement. Outlined are such steps as recruiting participants, delineating responsibilities, tutor training, implementation…

This booklet contains ideas, organized by curriculum area, for using peer tutoring as a planned classroom activity. Included are outlines of the tutoring process, tutor training, ways for incorporating tutor teams into classroom routines, and type of materials needed. Activity ideas for math and language arts are presented, and record keeping…

The literature on peer tutoring is reviewed, and guidelines are offered for developing a peer tutoring program for handicapped students. Research on peer tutoring is examined in terms of rationale, special education benefits, affective change, and academic gains. Aspects of program development considered include administrative arrangements,…

Three applications of microcomputers in Elementary Algebra instruction are described. The paper first discusses a program developed to help students explore the basic algebraic concept of linearity. Text and illustrations show how students can use the computer to visualize the conceptual relationship of slope and intercept, until they can…

The report presents the findings of a study of the effects of 2 years of using the Orton Gillingham tutorial program with 128 middle school (grades 5 through 8) language disabled students. Students were seen in 45 minute tutorial periods from three to five times a week with some students (the self contained group) receiving instruction in both…

Tutorial dialogues can be analyzed as an interaction in which a tutor "debugs" a student's knowledge representation by diagnosing and correcting conceptual misunderstandings. Some tentative steps toward a theory which describes tutorial interactions are outlined. The goal structure of a tutor, types of conceptual bugs that students have…

A brief overview of the history of teaching writing reveals a shift from an emphasis on the composed product to the composing process and provides writing teachers who work one-to-one with students with a theoretical seven-stage model of the composing process: starting-point, exploration, incubation, illumination, composing, reformulation, and…

A DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI). SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES, LIMITATIONS, AND POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS OF CAI SYSTEMS ARE MENTIONED. SOME CAI SYSTEMS NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT ARE IDENTIFIED. (MS)

RESEARCH HAS BEEN PROGRESSING IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, ON A PROGRAM WHICH TRAINS 5TH AND 6TH GRADE STUDENTS TO TUTOR 1ST GRADE MEXICAN AMERICANS. THROUGH USE OF A BOOKLET CONTAINING PICTORIAL PRESENTATIONS, STUDENTS MUST RESPOND TO A TAPE RECORDING IDENTIFYING THE PICTURE AND THE SPOKEN TERM. THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN THESE THREE…

INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMS DEVELOPED FROM THE CONCEPTION THAT THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO INITIATE INQUIRY AND TO ASSUME GREATER SELF-RELIANCE IN THE LEARNING PROCESS. THE TEAM TEACHING SETUP WAS USED. SEVERAL FACULTY MEMBERS WORKED WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS IN TUTORIAL PROGRAMS. INDEPENDENT STUDY AREAS, FURNISHED WITH CARRELS AND TABLES,…