ERIC Number: ED130698
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Nov-5
Pages: 16
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Report on the Peer Tutoring Program, 1973-1975 School Years.
Kerstiens, Gene
This paper reports on the Peer Tutoring Program at El Camino College. If a student, counselor, or instructor feels a student needs tutoring, the student applies for tutorial assistance. Upon approval by his instructor, arrangements are made for the student to be tutored. Peer Tutors are selected from among applicants who received a "B" or higher grade in the course(s) they tutor and who have received appropriate approval from the college. Each accepted applicant is designated a Peer Intern and engages in in-service training which includes orientation, instruction in tutoring strategies, followed by periodic training sessions and trouble-shooting meetings. Subsequent to completion of such requirements, and after having tutored for 100 or more hours during a minimum of one semester, the Intern is designated a Peer Tutor. Analysis of the college's tutorial service shows that courses in Mathematics, Computer Science, and the Physical Sciences create the greatest demands for tutoring, followed by Humanities, Communications, Business Education, and Fine Arts. Between 1973 and 1975, both the number of Peer Tutors and the number of hours tutored have doubled; 75 Peer Tutors provided 1,142 students with 9,895 hours of tutoring in 1975. The author's observations on the Peer Tutoring Program conclude the report. (JDS)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: El Camino Coll., Torrance, CA.
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