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Ross, Steven M.; And Others – 1991
Two programs for providing distance tutoring for at-risk elementary school children were implemented and evaluated in successive years. Each program employed 10 graduate education students as tutors for approximately 25 sixth-grade children, i.e., 2-3 tutees per student. Tutoring exercises were oriented around writing and language skills…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Electronic Mail, Grade 6

Ross, Steven M.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1990
Describes two programs that provided distance tutoring for sixth grade minority students enrolled in the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) class at an inner-city elementary school. Bulletin board systems (BBSs) and teleconferencing are described, student and tutor attitudes are examined, and guidelines to improve the effectiveness of future…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education