ROLE OF PEER TUTORING AND METHODS TO BOOST READING SKILLS AT THE URBAN SECTOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Keywords:
Peer Tutoring, Class Wide Tutoring, Cross-Age Tutoring, Same-age Peer TutoringAbstract
Peer tutoring is a scientifically proven system of peering knowledge. It involves a learner tutoring other students. The tutor and tutees characteristically comprise of different qualification levels; and occasionally different ages. The current study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of peer tutoring in comparison to the conventional teaching method in Pakistan. The population of the study is primary schools of district west Karachi and the primary school students are the main source of data. A test designed by the researchers covers three main objectives to improve student’s reading skill. An experiment was conducted by experimental and control groups and results were organized and categorized in tabular form to compute the Mean, Standard Deviation, and the Coefficient of Variation. The T-test and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed to analyze the data. Results illustrate that the cross-age peer tutoring in grade three was far better than same-age tutoring, but in grade four the results were different, and the research hypothesis was not accepted. This research study thus provides some useful insights into cross-age and same-age peer tutoring methods, which can be beneficial for educational institutes to implement in their educational strategies.References
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comprehension performance of secondary students with disabilities:
A systematic review. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 34(1), 1-17.
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approach. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH).
Daud, S., & Ali, S. K. (2014). Perceptions of learners about peer-assisted
learning and lectures. International Journal of Science and Study
(IJSR), 3, 1449-1455.
Elbaum, B., Vaughn, S., Tejero Hughes, M., & Watson Moody, S. (2000). How
effective are one-to-one tutoring programs in reading for elementary
students at risk for reading failure? A meta-analysis of the
intervention research. Journal of educational psychology, 92(4), 605.
Falchikov, N. (2001). Learning together: Peer tutoring in higher
education. Psychology Press.
Fernández Santander, A. (2008). Cooperative learning combined with
short periods of lecturing. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Education, 36(1), 34-38.
Good, T. L., & Lavigne, A. L. (2017). Looking in classrooms. New York:
Routledge.
Goodlad, S., & Hirst, B. (1989). Peer Tutoring: A Guide to Learning by
Teaching. New York: Nichols Publishing.
Hitchcock, C. H., Prater, M. A., & Dowrick, P. W. (2004). Reading
comprehension and fluency: Examining the effects of tutoring
and video self-modelling on first-grade students with reading
difficulties. Learning Disability Quarterly, 27(2), 89-103.
Kim, M. M. (2015). Peer tutoring at colleges and universities. College and
University, 90(4), 2.
Manzoor, I. (2014). Peer-assisted versus expert assisted learning: a
comparison of effectiveness in terms of academic scores. J Coll
Physicians Surg Pak, 24, 825-9.
Mesler, L. (2009). Making Retention Count: The Power of Becoming a
Peer Tutor. Teachers College Record, 111(8), 1894-1915.
Mohan, M. (1972). Peer tutoring as a technique for teaching the
unmotivated. New York: Teacher Education Research Center,
State University College Fredonia.
Naseem, N. R. (2012). Structured Peer Mentoring: Enhancing Lifelong
Learning in Pakistani Universities. Bulgarian Comparative
Education Society.
Nawaz, A., & Rehman, Z. U. (2017). Strategy of Peer Tutoring and
Students Success in Mathematics: An Analysis. Journal of
Research & Reflections in Education (JRRE), 11(1).
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success. Research Brief.
Parsons, S., Croft, T., & Harrison, M. (2009). Does students’ confidence in
their ability in mathematics matter? Teaching Mathematics and its
Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 28(2), 53-68.
Rahmasari, B. S. (2017). Peer Tutoring: An Effective Technique to Teach
Reading Comprehension. KnE Social Sciences, 1(3), 245-258.
Srivastava, R., & Rashid, M. (2018, August). Who is at Edge–Tutors or
Tutees? Academic, Social and Emotional elevation through Peer
Tutoring. In Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Proceedings of
1st MEC TESOL Conference.
Topping, K., Miller, D., Thurston, A., McGavock, K., & Conlin, N. (2011). Peer
tutoring in reading in Scotland: thinking big. Literacy, 45(1), 3-9.
Vadasy, P. F., Sanders, E. A., & Peyton, J. A. (2005). Relative effectiveness of
reading practice or word-level instruction in supplemental tutoring:
How text matters. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(4), 364-380.
Walker, E. N. (2007). The structure and culture of developing a
mathematics tutoring collaborative in an urban high school. The
high school Journal, 91(1), 57-67.
van Keer, H., Duran, D., & Topping, K. (2015). Using peer tutoring to
improve reading skills: a practical guide for teachers. London:
Routledge.
Viadero, D. (2003). Nice work. Education Week, 22(33), 38-42.
Vygotsky, L. S. (1981). The instrumental method in psychology. The
concept of activity in Soviet psychology, 135-143.
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