Describes El Camino College's Learning Assistance Center, which utilizes a personal, cost-effective, and technological approach to meet the needs of nontraditional students through drop-in services, individualized instruction and small group instruction. (JG)

A third grade teacher followed the development of a peer tutoring program involving third- and fifth-grade study partners. The cross-age tutors included students representing diverse learning styles and academic achievement. Students were matched by personality. Cross-age tutoring was judged to be good for all the students. (SM)

Discusses the use of HyperCard to create programs for teaching English language and literacy. Describes the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) with hospital cleaners and catering staff. Explains CALL's role in facilitating cultural change and peer tutoring. (SK)

Instead of viewing English learners as a problem needing remediation, educators should build an enriched bilingual program for all students. In successful two-way programs, both language groups stay together throughout the school day, serving as peer tutors for each other. After five or six years, English learners can demonstrate English and…

Examines the qualities of hypermedia information systems that enable them to facilitate learning and knowledge construction. Discusses the background of current learning theories, and describes a possible hypermedia system based on constructivist learning principles that could be developed through the use of intelligent autonomous agents.…

The "6+1" model of writing assessment identifies the traits of good writing as ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Examples of the model's nationwide spread include Arizona preservice teachers who tutor middle school students to familiarize themselves with the model, and a former…

Describes the design of an intelligent Web-based interactive language learning system to support learning English as a second language on the Internet. Highlights include an interactive English writing environment; an authentic conversation learning environment; authoring tools to facilitate teachers' content preparation; system architecture; and…

Reports on a study of teacher-student writing conferences which finds that conferences have an effect on the revision process; and the divergent backgrounds students bring to instructional events (in terms of writing ability, writing experience, or native language) have a structuring effect that cannot be dismissed solely as teacher bias or…

Two experiments involving 131 graduate students were conducted to determine effects of reciprocal peer tutoring (RPT) on graduate students' academic achievement, test anxiety, and academic self-efficacy. RPT and nonRPT groups did not differ significantly on achievement tests, but other results suggest that RPT may help students achieve learning…

Describes the development of a domain model for English article usage which has been implemented within an Intelligent Language Tutoring System. Notes that in order to develop a domain model of a language or an aspect of a language, it is necessary to formalize the native speaker's knowledge in a way that is representationally adequate and…

Describes a national study to determine the relationship between seven service components and student success and retention in developmental education programs. Reports that centralized program organization, mandatory assessment and placement, tutoring with tutor training, and systematic program evaluation were most closely related to student…

Notes that recent research on peer response suggests that with training and practice, peer respondents learn to read, talk, and think about writing with greater maturity and sophistication. Argues that students have a great deal to learn from giving as well as receiving response. (RS)

In this cross-age tutoring project, severely learning-disabled high school students tutored primary students who were having difficulty with reading. Tutors were trained in good teacher behaviors (giving positive and corrective feedback, avoiding overprompting) and in the use of established techniques for teaching reading. (JDD)

Reviews the research literature on the use of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in the education of health professionals. The use of tutorial software, computer simulation, and interactive multimedia are discussed; the fields of nursing, medical, pharmaceutical, and allied health occupations education are covered; and further research needs are…

Discussion of student control of learning focuses on tutorial computer-assisted learning (CAL). Modular course design is discussed, learning styles and the influence of CAL are described, and skills needed by students to use tutorial CAL effectively are examined, including note taking, using summaries and worksheets, and problem solving. (16…