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The Ecology Of Peer Tutoring: Perspectives Of Student Staff In One High School Writing Center, Cynthia Dean
The Ecology Of Peer Tutoring: Perspectives Of Student Staff In One High School Writing Center, Cynthia Dean
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In high school writing centers that employ students as tutors, staff members can face challenges as they transition into a tutorial role. The purpose of this study was to document the challenges high school writing tutors may encounter as they transition from and between their roles as students and peer tutors. Two conceptual frames, performance theory and social ecology, guided this study. The former framed analysis of peer tutors’ performance in the writing center while social ecology disclosed how the acquisition of identity in one context affects a peer tutor’s activity in others. This qualitative study used a case study …
The "I" In Rti Research-Based Factors For Intensifying Instruction, Amanda K. Sanford, Jason E. Harlacher, Nancy J. Nelson Walker
The "I" In Rti Research-Based Factors For Intensifying Instruction, Amanda K. Sanford, Jason E. Harlacher, Nancy J. Nelson Walker
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
Changes in the 2004 Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004) opened the door for wide use of response to intervention (RTI) as a model for identifying students with learning disabilities. These legislative changes coincide with recent trends of schoolwide reform, in which scliools implement research based instruction and evaluate the responses of students to that support. This considerable reform calls for new skills for educators and a conceptual shift in the ways students' difficulties are viewed (Tilly, 2008). One new skill for some educators is examining instruction and modifying instructional factors associated with improving student outcomes (Otaiba. 2005). …
Community College Presidents' Attitudes Toward Remedial Education, Carla L. Mazzarelli
Community College Presidents' Attitudes Toward Remedial Education, Carla L. Mazzarelli
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Community colleges are the primary providers of remedial/developmental education. The cost, an ongoing values debate and varied institutional ideologies have led to a standard array of programs and services whose administration and efficacy vary from institution to institution. While leadership can be exercised at all levels of an institution, the president is considered to have a key role in policy-making and program outcomes.