Sentences with phrase «successful tutoring program»

Wasik (1998) identified characteristics of successful tutoring programs.

Not exact matches

His ACT * theory of learning was used to undergird a number of successful ITS programs in the early 1980s for teaching the Lisp computer programming, called the Lisp Tutor, and ultimately the successful Geometry and Algebra Tutors, which are sold today by Carnegie Learning Corporation.

But in Chicago and New York City, experiments in repeating school years have been successful when accompanied by extra tutoring and support programs.

DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg said the district is working with Gilpin leaders and hopes to expand a math tutoring program that proved successful in Far Northeast Denver to Gilpin, a small Montessori school.

First, successful volunteer tutoring programs assign a reading specialist to write and supervise lessons and to provide ongoing training and feedback to the tutors.

Through the use of skills - building lessons, practice questions, and coaching on successful strategies, both students and parents can feel confident in our comprehensive tutoring program.

The Panel also stated that «phonics instructions is never a total reading program» so the most successful tutoring efforts include a broader base with not only alphabetics but also such proven elements as guided reading exercises and a focus on reading as a purposeful, pleasurable and successful experience.

This summer, for instance, Growing Stars» tutors ran a successful pilot for the Upward Bound program at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.