This Final Performance Report provides information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The report includes the following sections: general information; quantitative data; and narrative report. The Chester County Library (Chester, South Carolina) serves a community of 25,000-50,000 people.…

Part of a basic training series, this booklet describes creating a Reading Coaches (tm) session based on the simple concept of reading good books with children while engaging them in conversation about the book. The booklet notes that exemplary practices found in the SLICE-CORPS program (an AmeriCorps program) were synthesized to develop the…

Part of a basic training series, this booklet describes presenting a Reading Coaches (tm) session based on the simple concept of reading good books with children while engaging them in conversation about the book. The booklet notes that exemplary practices found in the SLICE-CORPS program (an AmeriCorps program) were synthesized to develop the…

This document contains the full text of the following papers on educational agent from ICCE/ICCAI 2000 (International Conference on Computers in Education/International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction): (1) "An Agent-Based Intelligent Tutoring System" (C.M. Bruff and M.A. Williams); (2) "Design of Systematic Concept…

This inquiry investigates what happened when second grade students taught their peers how to use Microsoft PowerPoint. The study specifically focused on second graders' behaviors when they worked in pairs situated around a computer to create autobiographical slide shows. The setting for this study was a public elementary school in a suburb outside…

The challenges and headaches of tutoring college students in prisons are ample, but the joys of witnessing the academic benefits are precious. One tutor views his tutoring sessions much like a counselor would approach a therapeutic session with his/her client. The interaction is divided into 3 phases: assessment, intervention, and termination. The…

Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) involves students consciously assisting others to learn, and in so doing, learning more effectively themselves. PAL encompasses peer tutoring, peer modeling, peer education, peer counseling, peer monitoring, and peer assessment, which are differentiated from other more general "cooperative learning" methods.…

This guide has been created by Project TUTOR to assist elementary schools in the development and implementation of a cross-age tutoring program. The guide notes that the TUTOR experience is designed to build self-esteem and increase resiliency in elementary students by acknowledging accomplishments, supporting learning, and encouraging community…

Providing one-to-one tutoring, five days per week, 30 minutes a day, by specially trained teachers, Reading Recovery is an early intervention program designed to assist children in first grade who are having difficulty learning to read and write. A program overview gives background information on different facets of the program. Illustrating the…

This paper describes how Northeastern Illinois University employs undergraduate and graduate students as America Reads Tutors to work in the Chicago Public Schools. The paper begins with an overview of the governmental legislation, followed by a description of how the university is meeting the challenge of assisting elementary students to improve…

Block periods of 75, 90, 100 minutes, or longer require good teachers to continue to develop and improve their teaching skills while keeping the student engaged over a long period. The fewer class meetings in the semester or year, and the rich potential for creativity and innovation provided by the longer period all combine to offer a challenge…

This service-learning handbook is designed as a resource tool to help student teachers as they prepare to become teachers. It provides information regarding varying dimensions of service learning. Part 1 includes information about policies, procedures, and practices related to service learning. It examines: what service learning is, benefits of…

From reading and writing basics likes phonics and spelling to advice on motivating the student to develop and improve writing skills, this handbook contains everything a person needs to get involved and to be effective as a tutor. The handbook tells readers what to expect, how to prepare, and, most important, how to begin. It explains the…

Success for All is the most extensively researched of all comprehensive reform models for Title I elementary schools. It incorporates scientifically based principles of reading, cooperative learning, professional development, tutoring, and family support. Chicago schools implementing the Success for All reading program have once again made…

Describes the use of disabled readers at the secondary level as tutors for elementary students. (TO)