The Homework Helper Program with 100 centers in New York City, serving 1500 tutors and 4500 tutees, helps both tutors and tutees. Tutors (disadvantaged secondary school students) are paid $1.50-$2.00 an hour which helps them stay in school and gives them experiences of "success." Tutees (fourth, fifth, and sixth grade pupils performing…

In order to study empirically measurable characteristics of the tutorial relationship between an older student and a younger student, two separate investigations were conducted during two consecutive academic years, using different third graders as tutees and college or high school students as tutors in each study. The first research investigation…

The present study investigated, within a role theoretical framework, the effect of different degrees of pupil imitation on male and female tutors' attitudes. Seventy-two sixth-grade boys and girls tutored second graders of the same sex. A 3 (Pupil Imitation: High, Medium, and Low) x 2 (Pupil Liking: High and Medium) x 2 (Sex) factorial design was…

Contained in this document are some significant research references, suggestions for materials useful in individualized instruction, and a rational and description of a freshman writing program for college students needing remedial help. Some of the problems faced by composition teachers are presented, followed by a literature review of research…

The study investigated the effect of guided paraprofessional assistance on the academic achievement of lower achieving intermediate grade migrant children. It examined one possible means of overcoming some of the overwhelming handicaps experienced by migrant children by using indigenous paraprofessionals as a humanizing, tutorial factor. Eighty…

Developments in three areas relating to interactive capabilities on the SCHOLAR computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system are reported. The first section discusses the implementation of two presentation strategies in SCHOLAR -- the Tutorial mode and the Block-Test mode -- and offers a comparative evaluation of these two modes using high school…

The paper reviews studies showing positive and negative effects of maternal tutoring on retarded and potentially retarded infants and children. Results of one of the studies reviewed, on the effects of mother-child interaction on exploratory behavior of Down's syndrome infants (1 1/2 to 3 years of age), indicate that normal and retarded children…

An instructional model suitable for the implementation of the tutorial mode of a computer-assisted instruction program is described in this report. The general guidelines for the design of the model are presented. Course organization, instructional strategies, and learning paths are discussed. The model provided for the accommodation of high,…

The effects of an intergrade tutoring experience on the self-concepts of 93 fifth-grade students who tutored 31 first-grade students in the attainment of sight words are described. The study tested and analyzed the hypothesis that there will be no significant difference in the posttest semantic differential mean scores among groups on the concept…

Youth Tutoring Youth is a cross-age tutoring program which emphasizes both academic and interpersonal elements. A training manual and three booklets for the tutor are included. (A supervisor's manual was processed into the ERIC system earlier under number ED 034 247). The program is geared toward the development of positive self concepts by both…

All (172) second grade nonreaders in Title I schools received structured tutoring from intermediate age youngsters 15 minutes per day, four days per week for five months in a program to remediate reading skills. Control Subjects were randomly selected, without regard for reading ability, from the total grade 2 population of three non-Title I…

Describes a computer program that allows undergraduate students to undertake nomenclature tutorials in organic chemistry, where user response is evaluated based on a set of rules that determine appropriate feedback. Design of the software is described, including the use of computer graphics, and results of students' evaluations are briefly…

Analyzes three major approaches to the use of computers in education: (1) drill and practice; (2) tutorial, and (3) simulation and programing. Courseware for each approach is discussed, educational philosophy and types of knowledge are described, the effect of computers on learning processes is examined, and 114 references are provided. (LRW)

Research data is presented to support special education approaches to personal and social development. Seventy-eight fourth- to sixth-grade handicapped students and 82 first-grade nonhandicapped students participated in the project. Promising research results suggest many questions to be addressed in future study. (JS)

Provides a picture of remedial reading instruction based on three views: (1) an observational study of Chapter l programs; (2) an observational study of 79 Chapter l teachers in a large city; and (3) an analysis of the case reports of a college reading clinic. Calls for reform based on theory and research. (NH)