A practicum for teachers of English as a second language at the Michigan Technological University allows American foreign language students and foreign students enrolled at the institution to be paired for tutoring in cultural facts and awareness. The course has a minimum of two contact hours per week, and participants are involved in three areas:…

A case study is described in which an application of Goodman's Psycholinguistic Guessing Game model of reading was attempted with an elderly illiterate woman. Instructional materials were devised consistent with the theory of the game, and a tutorial was conducted. Researcher observations were recorded with respect to the subject's…

The final report summarizes three studies on the efficacy of preschool programs in which handicapped and nonhandicapped children are integrated. In the first section, analyses of the social interaction of 37 4- to 6-year old children are presented. Among results cited are that nonhandicapped and mildly handicapped Ss interacted more frequently…

This paper reports on two related instructional intervention projects: one completed and the other ongoing. The first involved a "Tutored-Videotaped-Instruction" (TVI) strategy in a three-course calculus sequence; the second, an NSF-funded project using microcomputers, television, tutoring, testing, and related technologies and methods…

This bibliography is intended to provide the educational researcher, classroom teacher, and school administrator with information that will enable them to instigate a peer tutorial program. It includes articles on forms of tutoring that have potential for the involvement of children as tutors, such as structured tutoring and programed tutoring.…

To examine the effect of placement in freshmen English classes on the way students perceived themselves as writers, a college English instructor conducted an informal comparison of the attitudes of freshman English students with those of tutor-trainees. Both groups of students were asked to write a description of themselves as writers with no…

A variety of components that operate in tutoring writing are examined in this paper. Discussed are (1) the importance of the tutor's language, tone of voice, and verbal interaction with the students; (2) active listening techniques; (3) establishing an atmosphere of trust and acceptance; (4) helping students develop a framework for understanding…

This booklet is one of a series of teacher-written curriculum publications launched by the Bay Area Writing Project, each focusing on a different aspect of the teaching of composition. The first part of the booklet describes a college writing center and the tutorial teaching that takes place in the center. The second part reports a case study of a…

Comparing program objectives with program outcomes, 4 program components targeted at 1,100 American Indian students in 9 school districts in Pierce County, Washington were evaluated. Program objectives operationalized by an 11-member staff including 9 specialists and 1 coordinator were to develop: (1) basic skills via tutoring services for…

Philosophy, technique, and issues of tutoring are presented to aid student teachers in sharpening tutoring, teaching, and communication skills. The establishment of a positive student self-concept and the prospective tutor's development of effective questioning techniques are two of the topics treated. A guide for volunteer tutors is appended. (LH)

THE FIRST TEACHING MACHINE WAS INVENTED IN THE 1920'S BY SIDNEY L. PRESSEY AND THE FIRST MODERN TEACHING MACHINE WAS DEVELOPED AND POPULARIZED IN THE EARLY 1930'S BY B.F. SKINNER. TODAY BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS AS WELL AS EDUCATORS HAVE FOUND TEACHING MACHINES USEFUL. ACTUALLY, TEACHING IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, A CAREFULLY…

This resource pamphlet offers information about programs, curriculum development, and teacher education for disadvantaged children. Described are innovations in school organization and the expansion of school programs into such areas as preschools, tutoring, enrichment and guidance projects, and school community cooperation. Also noted are some of…

The role of the reading specialist as a remedial reading teacher or as a reading consultant helping to overcome reading problems in a single school is presented. Various levels of diagnosing the extent of reading probl"ms within the school are discussed, including th" use of tests, informal inventories, and environmental factor…

College freshmen enrolled in an introductory course in reading instruction were trained to use programed tutoring techniques with children in local elementary schools. The programed tutoring guidelines specified in detail how and what to teach; skills taught in the program were oral reading, comprehension, and word-attack skills. In the pilot…