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Laurillard, D. M. – 1983
This paper discusses the styles of computer-based learning and computer-based training in terms of their fundamental characteristics, including balance of control between program and learner, and the kinds of learning activity they induce. Learning and training are not considered to be intrinsically different in practice, and styles such as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Boyd, Vivian; And Others – 1988
Students enrolled in two sections of college algebra (Math 110) at the University of Maryland in spring 1984 were informed about assistance available from the Math Lab. They were also informed that a sticker would be attached to any one of the four semester exams when grades indicated that the student should pursue one or more of the Lab services.…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textNeuwirth, Christine M. – 1988
This paper argues that Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) offer the potential for advancing existing techniques for computer assisted instruction and deepening the understanding of issues in the learning and teaching of writing. The paper: (1) outlines the goals and significance of research in ITS, emphasizing their value in formulating knowledge…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Educational Technology, Higher Education
McAllister, Elizabeth A. – 1989
A study investigated the efficacy of using the neurological impress method in peer tutoring during reading instruction. The neurological impress reading method is a unison reading procedure in which the student and teacher or tutor read aloud simultaneously and quickly, with the student placed slightly in front of the teacher so that the teacher's…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Peer Teaching
de Silva, Deema; Freund, Elizabeth – 1985
This handbook for tutors participating in the federally funded Operation Success Special Services Program, one of the college level TRIO programs designed to aid students from disadvantaged backgrounds, was compiled with the cooperation of tutors at the Wichita State University. The first section describes the needs of the students being tutored…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Peer Counseling, Peer Teaching
Bates, Madeleine; And Others – 1981
The advantages of a knowledge-based computer program that creates exercises for language instruction rather than presenting pre-stored materials are discussed, and one such system, ILIAD, is described. Designed to address a broad range of language learning needs, this system can be used by people learning English as a second language and by…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, English Instruction
Coldeway, Dan O. – 1980
A preliminary investigation was conducted into the possible use of peer tutoring in the distance education environment at Athabasca University. In a pilot study a single peer tutor was assigned tutoring duties in English 210 (Introduction to Literary Forms and Techniques) for a six-month period. Ten new students starting classes in October were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Friedman, Lynn Beth M. – 1977
Materials in the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) were developed for use in remedial reading instruction of functionally illiterate adults. These materials were used for an experimental tutorial session totalling 20 hours of instruction and two hours of testing and interviewing. The tutorial sessions provided a case study for use in formative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Formative Evaluation, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Masters Theses
Barnett, David W. – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Custer, Jeanene D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1980
Twelve educable and three trainable mentally retarded fifth and sixth grade students were trained in techniques to allow them to tutor nonhandicapped students in sign language. Observers noted free play interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped children at lunch hours. Results indicated that the mean percentage of interaction between…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance
Waterman, Steve – 1980
In the Berkeley Unified School District, funds from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) were used to establish programs in communication skills, particularly writing and motivation for writing, in schools with enrollments which were more than 50 percent minority. Perhaps the most impressive achievement of the program was an unintended side-effect:…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Language Arts, Pilot Projects
Hawes, Kathryn S.; Colwell, Clyde G. – 1981
The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Older Adults
Collins, Allan – 1978
Ways in which the emerging field of cognitive science can have a major impact on practical education are demonstrated by an overview of two projects: the work on Socratic tutoring by Collins and Stevens, and the diagnosing students' misconceptions in arithmetic by Brown and Burton. These two projects are cited as examples of how the techniques of…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Diagnosis
LUND, VICTOR E. – 1966
OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO COMPARE THE LEARNING OF PIANO KEYBOARD SKILLS BY CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION AND BY AN "ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD TUTOR" (EKT) DEVICE, BOTH PROVIDING MONITORING, AND IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK. THE EKT PROVIDES VISUAL FEEDBACK ONLY--IT IS A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC SWITCHES CONNECTED TO A PIANO KEYBOARD. EDUCATION STUDENTS INITIALLY AT…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Electromechanical Aids, Feedback
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1964
THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT REGULAR INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS HAVING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION AIMS TO SALVAGE, FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, THOSE PUPILS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BECOME DROPOUTS OR FAIL TO GET INTO COLLEGE. EACH TEACHING ASSIGNMENT IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY CENTERS IS FOR ONE…
Descriptors: After School Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Guides
