Dr.S.Govindaraj, Assistant Professor, Adhiparasakthi College of Education, Kalavai
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Peer Tutoring – Meaning
Learners work
in pairs or
small groups
Provide Explicit
teaching
support
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Peer Tutoring – Meaning
Uses students as
tutors
Academic, social,
behavioral,
functional or
social skills
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Unidirectional
• Trained peer tutor
teaches the entire time
• Effective – children with
severe disabilities
• Tutor and student
always know their roles
• Peer tutor carries the
responsibility
throughout programme
Bi directional
• Child with and without
disability have a pair
• Children switch their
roles for each skill,
class, week or unit
• Effective – children with
mild disabilities
• child have an
opportunity to be a
teacher
PeerTutoring–Types
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Class wide
• Breaking the class into pairs
• All children are given task
• Effective – Children with mild
disabilities
• Entire class is involved in the
tutoring
• No children are singled out
because of disability
Cross Age
• Peer tutor is interested in
working with children with
disabilities
• Effective – student young or the
disability is more involved
• Chosen according to
willingness, physical skills and
availability
• Tutor gains teaching experience
• Students experience effective
individualized instruction and
feedback
PeerTutoring–Types
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Online
Tutoring
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Online Tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Process of
tutoring in
online
Virtual
environment
Teachers and
learners
Time and space
Requirements for Online Tutoring
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∞ Access the session from all devices
∞ Face to Face video conferencing
∞ Speak with high quality and excellent voice
∞ Knowledge of write, type, erase and draw on digital advance
whiteboard
∞ Text chat via messaging
∞ Upload and share files
∞ Feedback from students
Benefits of Online Tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Convenience and flexibility
Quick learning
Tutors can see a
child when they
struggling for
learning
Feedback and
criticism
Same possibilities of
learning
Details of
performance and
improvements
Benefits of Online Tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Manage workload
Prioritize time
Elimination of
geographical
constraints
Sending links of
diagrams, charts,
articles etc.
Elimination of travel
time
More interactivity
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Peer
Learning -
Definition
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Peers support each other in learning
processes
Experience of participating all students
Acquisition of knowledge and skill
Peer
Learning -
Definition
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Active helping and support among peers
Helping each other to learn
Result from the interactions shared by
peers
Benefits of Peer Learning@GovindarajS PhD
Ω Cost Effective
Ω Positive influence
Ω Encouraging greater productivity
Ω Share experiences
Ω More practice
Ω Build trust and work towards success
Ω Build strong connections
Ω Sharing of knowledge
Ω Help in solving problems
Ω Focus on one specific area
Ω Build internal relationships
Ω Transferring knowledge and
information
Benefits of Peer Learning@GovindarajS PhD
Ω More personalized experience
Ω Active learning is encouraged
Ω Deeper understanding
Ω Feels more comfortable
Ω Peers have greater connection
Peer tutoring in the classroom@GovindarajS PhD
 Enhance recall the content
 Involve reasoning and critical
thinking
 Discussing and rationalizing lesson
concepts in their own words
 Build confidence and
communication abilities
 Improve self-esteem and
interpersonal skills
 Immediate clarification of doubts
 Comfortable to ask questions
 Versality
 Social motivation
 Accommodate a classroom of
diverse learners
 Promotes academic gain
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Benefits
of Peer
Tutoring
Meets the
individual
instructions
Involves
guide
practice
Offers one
to one
assistance
Raises
student
engagement
Higher
level of
thinking
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Benefits
of Peer
Tutoring
Improves
general
knowledge
Improves
motivation
Communication
skills
Develops
empathy
Sense of
responsibility
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Benefits
of Peer
Tutoring
More
academic
progress
Deepen
understanding
Clarify
Knowledge
Great
educational
impact
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Benefits
of Peer
Tutoring
Develop Self
Confidence
Better
Academic
Achievement
Practice skills
leads to better
retention
Positive
attitude
towards
learning
Importance of Peer tutoring
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Importance of Peer tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
 Provide Encouragement
 Help students learn
 Aware of nonverbal communication
 Successful study strategies
 Questioning and answering strategies
enhanced
 Paying attention towards concept
 Explain concepts in different angles
Disadvantages of Peer tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Peer tutors must be trained, monitored and graded
Planning and preparing requires additional time
Lack of social development
Students may not teach as experience as teacher
Does not promote positive relationship with
peer members
Some students may come forward to teach,
others seldom listen
Disadvantages of Peer tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Lack of supervision and monitoring of progress of
students
Lack of empathy for struggling peers
Difficulties in arranging classes
Challenges for staff members in supervision
Assess the quality of peer to peer learning
exercise
Disadvantages of Peer tutoring@GovindarajS PhD
Peer pressure and friendship may affect among peers
May cheat or gang up against one group member
Students are not experienced in assessing each other
Students are lacking in explain the content in detail
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