The Tutoring Revolution: Applying Research For Best Practices, Policy Implications, And Student Achievement

The Tutoring Revolution: Applying Research for Best Practices, Policy Implications, and Student Achievement

The Tutoring Revolution presents a comprehensive research-driven perspective on what we know and don't know about tutoring. The authors link theories, research, and practice together in a coherent, consistent manner to form a new foundation of specific recommendations and strategies to help improve tutoring across America. The book includes practical guidelines for selecting a tutor and proposes ethical and regulatory tutoring standards for use by tutors and state agencies. It will be useful to educators, researchers, and parents. If a true tutoring revolution is to benefit American education, their participation will be essential to further research on effective tutoring and improve consumer safeguards.ReviewWhen NCLB brought tutoring into public education, many administrators lacked any sense about what good tutoring practice is or how to create a program to meet NCLB requirements. The authors explain NCLB so that people can realize the implications to all tutorials. The scholarship provided in The Tutoring Revolution can help identify a framework to facilitate good tutoring practice?and for all those involved in education this provides a good summary of educational psychology. The background in educational psychology provided here presents a clear picture of the state of research involving tutoring. The book goes on to provide a matrix for challenges that will need more research. The authors touch on all the basics of the tutorial climate, feedback, reflection, and goals, ending with structures provided by the BBB and EIA that can be used as standards. I want to speak for the cause of The Tutoring Revolution, as one who sees first hand tutoring as an effective tool for education. These authors act as an agent to change schools and to revolutionize tutoring. The effect of which will benefit future generations of learners. -- Mike Zenanko, director, Instructional Services Unit, Jacksonville State University (AL)This book provides much to be considered in understanding evidence-based tutoring services in America. I support the author's conclusion that tutoring done by well-trained professionals can have a significant impact on learning outcomes. I also support the conclusion that the nation would be well-served if there were new undergraduate and graduate courses on tutoring that include instructional methods, curricula, and research methodology. -- Daniel F. Bassill, president, Cabrini Connections, Tutor/Mentor Connection, ChicagoThe Tutoring Revolution presents a fair and unbiased look at the successful world of private tutoring. The authors embarked on their work without preconceived notions of the outcomes. Parents as well as educators in private practice will find the book a useful tool. It is a succinct guide for parents attempting to choose the most appropriate tutor for their child, and it is a masterful piece of research for educators wishing to improve their tutoring practices. The Tutoring Revolution will be well received and will help loosen the National Education Association's vice-like grip on America's Educational process. Tutoring is indeed a powerful tool for enhancing student learning, and The Tutoring Revolution highlights this truth. -- Jim Giovannini, founder and owner, Academic Tutoring Centers, Park Ridge, ILThe authors have managed to explore all the aspects of tutoring in a text that for me was easy to understand (not a bunch of educationese) and was truly enjoyable to read. I know there are 'how-to' tutoring books out there but this book is a research based 'how to think about' tutoring book and I really appreciated the difference. I especially liked the discussions of the education theories that support and inform the tutoring process. -- Dianna Baycich, Literacy Projects coordinator, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State UniversityThe Tutoring Revolution provides an academic treatment of tutoring which has often been considered a 'feel good' activity for voluntee