Name:J

ezzaLynE.Ma
lepi
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Cour
seandSe
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fle
cti
on

Peertut
ori
ngisas t
rat
egyinwh i
chon eofthest
u dent
sinag r
oupactsasatutorf
or
anoth
erstude
n ti
nthegroup(s).Peertut
ori
ngca ntak
ep l
acebetweenst
u d
entsoft
h e
samea gegr
ouporb et
we e
ns tu
de nt
sofd i
ff
ere
n tagegroups
.Encourage
me ntofpe
er
tu
tori
ngisaben e
fici
almethodthatma ybeusede f
fect
ive
lybyte
a c
hersinbothmonogra
de
andmu l
ti
grad
es chool
sinma nyinst
a n
c e
s.
I
nrespec
tofs t
ruct
uredpeertu
tori
nginamu l
ti
g r
a d
es chool,
therearesev
eraldimen s
ions
t
hatshoul
dbet ak
eni n
toaccount
,si
n ceputt
ings omes tudent
stogethe
randa ssig
ning
t
utor
ingr
olestoindi
vidua
lsdoesntme anthatposit
iveou t
comesa r
ee ns
ured.They oung
t
utor
s,bei
ngs t
udentsthe
ms el
vesareun t
rai
nedonh andl
ingtut
orin
gs i
tuat
ionsoraren ot
r
eall
yawareindepthonthesubj
ecttheya r
ea b
ou ttotutor.
Theyn eedgui
da nc
ea nd
s
up p
ortbyte
a c
hersond eve
lopi
ngtutori
al,c
ommu nica
t i
onalandcooper
ati
v eski
ll
s.
Theadvant
ageofp e
ertutor
ingisthat
,chil
dre
nu nderst
andeasil
ytutor
swh oa rechi
ldr
en,
si
ncetheyar
ec og
n i
ti
vel
yc l
osertoeachother.Usual
lychi
ldr
enfindthei
rownwa ysof
communicat
ingwit
hotherchildr
enandma nytimestheycanp r
esentasubjecttoother
chi
ld
renbett
erthanana d
u l
t.Chi
ldr
en-t
utorscangivetothei
rclas
s -
matestheirownmod el
s
ofunde
rsta
ndingas ub
ject,
us i
ngthei
rpersonalex
pe r
ienc
e,fre
shi d
eas,ex
a mp l
esfrom
chi
ld
rensever
y-da
ylife
,evenp opul
arcommu ni
c a
tin
gs ymbolsthatmakelearningeasi
er.
F
orane f
fect
iv
ep e
ertut
oringinamu lti
gra
dec l
assiti
se s
senti
alt
oa d
op tt
hes t
ruct
ure
d
t
ypeoftut
ori
ng. Thefactt
ha tt
utori
ngofon eormoregroupsta
kesplacewh i
l
et h
eteacher
i
soccupi
edwitha not
herg r
ou p
,ma kesnecessar
yfort
hec l
asstobewe l
lorgani
sedinthi
s
r
espec
t. Mor eover,
ag oods t
ruct
urecouldbeawa ytooverc
omep ossi
b l
elackof
e
xperi
enceincomb in
ingtutor/
tute
es.
F
urthermore,i
nmi xedageg roups
,olderst
u d
e nt
sc anver
ys uccessf
ull
yp l
a yth
eroleof
t
utorsfort
h e
iryoungergroupma tesift
heirt
e a
ch e
rsapprop r
iat
el
ys upportthem.I
nthis
c
as eallt
hea dv
a nt
agesc oncer
ningstruc
turedpeertut
oringarewe l
l-
rev
e aled
.Peertut
ori
ng
a
lsoa l
lowsforhigherr
ate sofstu
de n
tresponsea ndfeedback,whi
chres u
ltsinbett
er
a
ca demicachie
v ement.
Ita l
socreatesmoreop por
tuni
tie
sf orstud
entstop ract
ic
es pe
cif
ic
s
kill
s,whichlea
d stobett
e rret
enti
on.Thes t
udenttuto
rg ai
nsad eeperund er
standi
ngofa
t
opicbyteachingitt
oa notherstu
de n
t.
I
fwewa nttob ecomeat eacheri
nmu l
ti
g r
ad ec l
ass,wesh ouldd eve
lopa nden hance
sk
il
lsa ndincu l
cated e
sir
ableval
u esanda tt
itudesamon gp upil
s .
Asat e a
ch erwea r
e
ex
pe ct
e dtob eversati
leandutil
i
z edif
ferentstrat
e g
iestoma kelear
n i
ngme a
n i
ngfulan
d
ef
fecti
vef orallst
u dent
sinhisorh ercl
as s
room, noma tt
e rwh atindi
vi
du aldi
f f
eren
cesmay
ex
istamon gthes tu
dents.Wes houl
da l
s obea bletounder st
an ddif
ferencesb et
ween
pupi
ls,bea bletomot i
vatethemt olea
rna ndg uidethemth oughth e
irle
a r
ningma ter
ial
s.
Wes houldb eabletodot hi
sfora l
lgradelevelsintheclassroom, noma tterwh a
t
cu
rri
cu l
ums ubj
ec ti
sb ei
ngs t
udi
e d.Theteac h
e rshoul
dn oton lybeap rovi
d erof
kn
owl edgeb utshou l
da l
sobeaf acil
it
atorofle ar
ningbotha tag rouple
v elandona
one-
to-oneb asi
s.