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Research Confirming Positive Outcomes of Tutor Training
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Includes three abstract summaries with journal and dissertation links documenting the impact of tutor training on the effectiveness of tutors through quantitative and qualitative research. The positive impact on the higher GPA and increased retention of students tutored by trained tutors is covered as well as numerous resources related to best practices. This research was compiled by Crossroads of Learning and presented at several national conferences in 2011 and 2012. |
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Tutor Pay Survey 2012 |
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The 2012 Tutor Pay survey conducted by Crossroads of Learning gathered information from college and university learning support centers in all fifty states. Among other results, state and federal minimum wage appear to be the primary driver for peer tutor compensation. |
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| Communication Tools |
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AirSet.com |
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Free Online Group Calendar and Information Manager. Share Calendars, Contacts and Lists with all your important Groups |
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Blogger.com |
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Free hosted
blogging |
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pbwiki.com |
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Free knowledge base (wiki)
for quickly setting up a group document space |
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Persony.com |
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Web
Conferencing, Net Meetings, Online Presentation |
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quia.com |
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Classroom
manager that can be adapted for a tutoring center. $50/yr. as
of 4/21/06 |
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Skype.com |
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Free voice
and video over the Internet |
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Sightspeed.com |
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Free voice
and video over the Internet for the basic service |
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| Learning Center Software |
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oaSES |
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oaSES is web-based software for tutoring providers. Handles the day-to-day record-keeping and scheduling for a typical writing or learning center. Helps manage data for both staff and students. Tracks learning plans, progress reports and session information. Generates invoices, payroll and offers 60 business different reports. The company also sponsors The Tutor Report, a blog for tutor industry experts. |
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WCOnline |
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WCOnline is an online software program and office tool for the day-to-day record-keeping and scheduling tasks of the typical writing or learning center. Installation is customized for each center. |
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Centertrac |
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LearnSpeed LLC is the maker of CenterTrac, an online education center management system that allows a single solution to manage students, clients, and instructors. It also utomates invoicing through a one-step QuickBooks data export. |
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SES Tracker |
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SESTracker was born of the needs of providers to address challenges considerably greater than just data management. SESTracker assists in the management of your data to provide institutions, schools, districts, administrators, staff and parents the information they need to make calculated decisions for the supplemental education needs of children. |
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TutorTrac |
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Web-based learning and tutoring center management system including login/out, attendance tracking, visit notes and reasons, assessment data and early warning alerts. TutorTrac is cross-platform and works in centralized and decentralized centers, with over 100 standard reports and the ability to customize more. |
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| Games |
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Brain Teasers |
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Games, puzzles, more |
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Cool math.com |
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Coolmath has a ton of cool
math games and puzzles, lots of really clear math lessons (Algebra
and fractions), fractals, Calculus, Geometry, tessellations and
more. |
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Kid's Page |
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Science games and
activities on the web for kids and the parents who love them |
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| On-line Learning |
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Common Errors in English |
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Dr.
Grammar - Frequently Asked Questions |
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An excellent resource and
library of common questions in grammer. Contains a good search
function. Dr. Grammar is James HiDuke from University of
Northern Iowa. |
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Guide to Grammar and Writing |
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The Guide to Grammar and
Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and
English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations
on writing and a way to submit questions about grammar and
writingVery accessible for students. |
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OWL: Handouts: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling |
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SInstructor resources and
handouts from the Writing Lab Writing at Purdue University. |
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Purplemath |
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Purplemath contains
practical algebra lessons demonstrating useful techniques and
pointing out common errors. Lessons are written with the
struggling student in mind, and stress the practicalities over
the technicalities. Includes an extensive review of other
websites, links and math resources. |
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SAT
Preparation Site |
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A vocabulary oriented site
that will help high school students prepare for the vocabulary
section of the new SAT exam or for general improvement of
English vocabulary. |
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The ESL Quiz Center - Part of a larger esl site |
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Dave Sperling hosts the
ESL Café. This page has a collection of well designed quizzes on
a wide range of subjects, including geography, grammar, history,
idioms, slang, people, science, and many other topics. |
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www.multiplication.com |
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Flashcards, charts,
quizzes that will help teach the times tables. |
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| Printables: Worksheets, forms, etc |
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Free Printable Calendars |
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A printing site that can
be used free of charge to print calendars, greeting cards, signs
flyers, and forms. |
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Certificate Printing Templates |
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A clip art resource for
creating certificates for honors, appreciation and recognition. |
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DiscoverySchool |
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Popular site for a range
of teacher resources - puzzlemaker, worksheet generator,
quizzes, clip art and more. |
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Outline Maps |
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Publisher Houghton Mifflin
makes these maps of the world and continents available for
classroom use. |
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edHelper.com |
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Math, Reading
Comprehension, Themes, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets |
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FlashcardsExchange |
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Billed as “the world's
largest library of printable flash cards” Create, study, print
and download millions of flashcards. |
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Free Printables: an Index at You Get Info |
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This website is maintained
by a department head at Alexandria Recreation Dept. He’s here to
serve the public and on this site, you will get a long like of
links to free printables for forms, worksheets, games, etc. etc. |
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ChartJungle |
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More printables |
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teAchnology.com |
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Free Worksheets for
teachers to use in their daily teaching routines. Flashcards,
lesson plans, worksheets, etc. |
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SchoolExpress.com |
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free lesson plans, free
worksheets, free software, online math, educational store, home
school, 7000+ free worksheets; phonics, math, language arts,
science, social studies, reading, handwriting; kindness to
animals. Also for free; software, story time, awards, and online
math. |
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| Miscellaneous |
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Everystockphoto.com |
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Your source for free photos |
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Wikipedia Images |
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Hundreds of thousands of illustrative
images and other media |
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Free
Translation and Professional Translation Services from SDL
International |
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SDL International is the
world's number 1 provider of free and professional language
translation services for websites and documents. Translate from
English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Dutch,
Portuguese, Russian and Norwegian. |
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Firefox |
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Open source web browser
with tabs and search engine list |
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FreeFoto.com - Free Pictures |
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Among the largest
collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the
Internet. |
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Learning Styles Questionnaire |
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A quiz to provide learning
style analysis, from North Carolina University |
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Peter's Online Typing
Course |
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Free online typing course. |
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RubiStar |
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Create rubrics for your
project-based learning activities |
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Study Guides
and Strategies |
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Study guides, strategies,
skills, tips and habits for learners and students in 30
languages |
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Yahoo! Maps |
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A search engine for
direction and traffic info |
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| Reference Sites |
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Acronym
Finder |
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Acronym and
abbreviation dictionary. |
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Answers.com |
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Search and answer engine,
with quick accurate dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, bios,
tech terms, news, sports, weather, etc. Includes On This Day and
In the News sections. |
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Bartleby.com
Great Books Online |
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Internet publisher of
literature, reference books and verse, including free online
access to books. Encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and
more. |
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California
Learning Resources Network |
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Directory of reference
sites from almanacs to dictionaries to science and more, in
finding standards-aligned software, video and Internet learning
resources |
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Reference.com |
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Online encyclopedia,
almanac, Web search powered by Google, Web directory, dictionary
and thesaurus. |
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Sites for
Teachers |
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Aggregator of hundreds of
websites and resources of interest to teachers |
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STAR
Tutoring |
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Free articles, worksheets
& extras at the bottom of the home page |
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