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Download full textLaffey, Janet; Carlson, Sheila – 1988
This report reviews the accomplishments of a literacy tutoring program--"Independence Through Literacy"--which was funded in its first year by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Title VI Library Literacy. This program had as its objective to demonstrate that literacy should be included among the basic skills that are…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, Budgets, Library Role
Barr, Alyce; And Others – 1987
The guide is designed to increase the effectiveness of persons who tutor learning disabled (LD) college students by providing information on LD characteristics as well as specific strategies and techniques for working with LD students. Initial sections define learning disabilities and list characteristics of LD college students in such areas as…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Dissemination Support Service. – 1981
This "how to" manual was developed as part of a York County (Pennsylvania) system for delivering the Laubach Literacy Program to a sparsely populated rural area. It provides aid to other basic skills programs in Pennsylvania to set up their own centers as literacy delivery systems. The guide first sets forth the project's aims and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Appelson, Marilyn; And Others – 1982
This handbook contains a collection of creative ideas and activities for teaching English as a second language (ESL), organized by levels and topics. The handbook helps to foster an understanding of the tutor's role in creating a learning environment and to develop an awareness of the variety of instructional approaches. The format of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, English (Second Language), Guidelines, Learning Activities
Deno, Evelyn N. – 1978
Intended primarily for regular education teachers, the book discusses the education of mainstreamed children with emotional, learning, and behavior problems. The first section addresses some of the critical issues that have to be taken into account in designing services for such children, including determining goals, defining the population, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedStowitschek, Joseph J.; Hofmeister, Alan M. – Exceptional Children, 1974
A group of 15 special education teachers (of the educable mentally retarded) received instruction from Minicourse 5, which presents mathematics tutoring techniques, while 10 teachers served as control subjects. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics, Mental Retardation
Johnson, Carole M. – 1977
Training tutors to help students with study skills and content-reading strategies, as well as to assist with course work, can broaden the role of tutors. Handouts for tutors have been developed that adapt traditional reading/study strategies for use in specific disciplines, sometimes with specific textbooks in mind. Tutors should also emphasize…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Learning Activities
George, John E. – 1978
The parent's role in the education of young learning disabled (LD) children is examined, and research is cited on the effects of learning facilitating experiences (LFEs) on reading achievement. Good readers in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade realized the following seven LFEs most frequently: parental desire for higher education for the adult;…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship
Thurston, Linda P.; And Others – 1981
The panel presentation includes three papers describing the development and implementation of two parent oriented intervention programs currently serving low income Black families in Kansas City, Kansas. Both programs are home based and utilize trained community paraprofessionals as parent trainers. One program trains parents of preschool…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Home Instruction
Cone, Dick; Hall, Rahla – 1976
This booklet provides ideas for a multidisciplinary storytelling course designed to train fifth grade students to act as tutors for second grade students. The various sections of the booklet contain the following: the rationale and objectives for the course, hints on planning the course, an introduction to storytelling, suggestions for teaching…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Garstka, Polly – 1979
The role of tutoring services in special programs designed to meet the needs of non-traditional community college students was studied through a review of the literature on history of tutoring programs, the development of special programs to meet the remedial, developmental, and compensatory education needs of underprepared students, special…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, Nontraditional Students
Public Education Association, New York, NY. – 1979
This guide describes specific strategies that can be used by an adult tutor to help students prepare for the high school basic competency test in mathematics and reading. Included are test taking tips and a series of suggestions for practice work in reading and math. The use of practical materials such as newspaper advertisements and telephone…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Individual Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Minimum Competency Testing
BARD, BERNARD – 1968
DESCRIBED ARE THE EFFORTS OF THE EAST HARLEM COMMUNITY AND A NEW YORK CITY PHILANTHROPIST TO REOPEN THE EAST HARLEM NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY CLUB, A STORE-FRONT CENTER PROVIDING STUDY FACILITIES, HOMEWORK HELP, AND INSTRUCTION IN BASIC SKILLS. THE CLUB IS STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS AND PAID PROFESSIONALS, WITH ADDITIONAL HELP FROM VISTA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD…
Descriptors: After School Education, Basic Skills, Community Action, Federal Aid
Ellson, Douglas G. – 1968
The paraprofessional who is a programed tutor can make a significant contribution to the teaching of reading as a technician whose duties and responsibilities are carefully limited and defined. Tutors are usually housewives with at least a high school education. They are required only to judge the correctness of reading responses and the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Individual Instruction, Part Time Faculty, Program Evaluation
Larson, Anna Marie Gustafson – 1975
The relative value of individual or small group tutoring and isolated or contextual phrase presentation on the reading achievement scores, self-concepts, and reading attitudes of 78 inner-city third-grade Mexican-American subjects was explored in this study. All subjects received regular classroom reading instruction, but the contrast group was…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 3, Mexican Americans, Primary Education
