unit 2 peer tutring

date :26th Sept 2016
Title : Peer Tutoring

Defining Peer Tutoring

SLOs

1.to describe peer tutoring with different strategies 

•Peer tutoring is when students work with each other to learn and progress.
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•Students are usually paired up or in small groups: High level students mixed with lower level students
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•Helps deepen understanding through conversing with peers/scaffolding
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•“Engages students in their “Zones of Proximal Development” (LaGue & Wilson, p. 183) 

“Peer tutoring is an evidence-based, cooperative learning strategy that increases students’ 

engagement in functional, academic content” (Van Norman 2007, 89) 

•“…the practice of students teaching other students in a setting directed and planned by teachers” (Peralta 2007, 13)

Scenarios and Examples

peer modeling strategy applied in classroom


•Enhancing literacy skills, phonics, and reading comprehension
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•Pairing older students working with younger students (ex. Sixth graders peer tutoring with fifth graders)
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•Practice comprehension strategies
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•QUICK strategy (Questioning, Understanding new words, Imaging, Connecting, Keeping it all together)
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•Peer tutoring supports sight word identification, problem solving, and algebra
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•Peer to peer modeling: Students model the skill/strategy for the other student during tutoring

Peer Tutoring: Positives and Negatives

Positives Negatives