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ABSTRACT
The study attempts to investigate the Key Words: Peers, Peer Tutoring, Learning,
concept of peer tutoring and its impact on Teaching, Education; Peer Tutoring, Peers,
learning. Peer tutoring can be applied Tutors, Learning, Students, Education,
among the students of the same age group Teaching
or students from different age groups. The
students learn from each other in an INTRODUCTION
organized way through the process. It is a
Peer learning is a broad learning strategy. It
well-organized and beneficial learning
covers a wide range of activities through
experience in which one-student acts as the
which people learn through different
tutor or teacher and the other one serves as
techniques. These activities ranged from a
the tutee or learner. Peer tutoring creates
traditional proctor model in schools to the
an opportunity for the students to utilize
more innovative learning groups in colleges
their knowledge and experience in a
and universities. In proctor model the
meaningful way. In this process the tutors
senior students act as tutors and junior
reinforce their own learning through
students as tutees. On the other hand in
reviewing and reformulating their
innovative learning groups students of the
knowledge. On the other hand, the learner
same age group or same level help each
or tutee gets one on one attention. Peer
other by forming partnerships. (Griffiths,
tutoring enables both tutor and tutee to
Housten and Lazenbatt, 1995). There are
gain self-confidence, the tutor by observing
some other models which include
self-competence in his or her capability to
discussions, seminars, private study groups,
help someone and the tutee by gaining
counseling, peer-assessment schemes,
positive reinforcement from the peers.
collaborative project or laboratory work,
Therefore, peer tutoring has a very positive
workplace mentoring and community
impact on the process of learning.
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