Peer Tutoring

There has been many projects in grad school that have elevated my excitement in becoming a high school teacher. One such project is the development of a wikispace. It is not just the development of learning a new tool but the subject matter my group and I have been exploring, peer tutoring. For many decades ongoing research on peer tutoring has provided our academic community with astonishing information concerning its many benefits. The benefits associated with peer tutoring has been catching on quickly throughout the country. Schools have been dedicating spcialized in house centers geard toward this type of instructional method. Scholarly articles have been popping up throughout the web and many other local resource centers. Books have been dedicated to the training in this area. I myself have used this technique when substituting in my specialized field which is mathematics. Just last week while doing field study at MCC’s Damon City Campus, I was asked to take a group of students who were having trouble in math class. After doing several problems together with the group I paired off students that I felt had a grasp on the problems we just went over and paired students who were still weak with the understanding. I found that the students who I had picked to work along with the weaker students began to feel empowered. The students that seemed weak were feeling they were getting a better handle on the subject matter. I myself felt a great sense of accomplishment by the end of the class period. If anyone reading this has any similar stories to share please do so. I am very interested in hearing them.