A summary of some recent additions to our peer tutoring resource listings:
Peer Tutoring as a Strategy for Positive Behavior
A summary of how peer tutoring can be used to support positive student behavior from the website of EMSTAC (Elementary & Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center). Includes a few activity examples for implementing peer tutoring in reading and math, as well as tutor training methods.
Peer Tutor Handbook (Central High School, MO)
Central High School’s A+ Handbook peer tutor manual provides information on how to help students prepare for tutoring sessions, steps to being an effective tutor, ways to be a better listener and several tutoring strategies. The handbook also contains a tutoring agreement form and tutoring time log.
A reprint from Tutoring: Learning by Helping by Elizabeth Sabrinsky, this evaluation form is designed to be used by tutors to self-assess their work with tutees and provide program feedback.
The Savvy Teacher’s Guide: Reading Interventions That Work – by Jim Wright
A manual for classroom instructors who need to have a range of reading interventions available for students with diverse learning needs. Reciprocal teaching and paired reading are among the techniques described in this guide.
Classwide Peer Tutoring: Collaborative Learning For All Students in Inclusive Classrooms
This resource guide from Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network describes four contemporary evidence-based classwide peer tutoring models with tips on how to start a program.
A Review of the Evidence Based Practice of Classwide Peer Tutoring as an Instructional Strategy
Classwide Peer Tutoring is the focus of this publication by the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) and the Division for Research (DR) created as part of a Current Practice Alert series “intended to provide an authoritative resource concerning the effectiveness of current practices intended for individuals with specific learning disabilities”. The document also points to resources for getting additional information on common CWPT approaches.
Mason High School Peer Tutoring video features program coordinator and founder Jere Clark giving an overview of her program.
This peer tutoring program has also been featured here on the PTRC . In the article spotlight, Clark gives an in-depth description of how the program is structured and successfully implemented.
20 Collaborative Learning Tips and Strategies for Teachers
This Teach Thought article presents ways to include best practices for collaborative learning in the classroom.
Research in Practice: Peer Tutoring and Deep Understanding
Recommendations for tutoring for deeper learning from a paper written by Thomas G. Fetsco, Wenjie Tang, and Christine Totura.
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