Name of Intervention: Class Wide Peer Tutoring
Purpose: To improve academic productivity and achievement by increasing opportunities for students to respond and receive immediate feedback without increasing the amount of instructional time.
Materials: - Box containing red and blue slips of paper with an equal number of each color and enough for each student in your class
- Curricular materials appropriate for basic skills practice, one set per student pair
- Point sheets, consisting of sheets of paper or index cards with a list of consecutive numbers, one per student
- Kitchen timer with a bell, stopwatch with an audible signal, or watch
- “Team Points Chart” – poster with teams point totals and daily and weekly winning teams.
- Adhesive stars or stickers
Steps: Pre-intervention/ Discussion: Explain to students that they are going to take part in a fun activity that also allows them to get more out of each lesson. Start off by demonstrating what the tutoring will look like, and then have two students practice it and offer praise and corrective feedback. Have students practice these skills. On Fridays have students draw names and assignment them to one of the two teams for the next week. Within each team, create random pairs in subjects in which tutors can use a master sheet with the correct answers for checking tutee’s responses, such as spelling, vocabulary, mathematics, and the content areas. Change tutoring pairs and team assignments each week.
Implementation: The entire procedure takes about 30 minutes. 10 minutes for one student to tutor, 10 minutes for the other student to tutor (for older students shorten times to 5 minutes per student), and 5 to 10 minutes to add up and post team points. Begin each session by have students go to their designated areas. Then assign who will tutor first and who will tutor second. Distribute point sheets and tutoring materials. Set the timer for the allotted time and have the tutor present the items one at a time and the tutee responds appropriately. When the timer goes off, have students switch roles. At the end of the tutoring sessions have each pair report their total points earned. Add the points up for each team and record the total on the Team Point Chart. Lead the class in applauding the winning team for the day and also the losing team for their efforts. On Friday, administer a test on the materials the students have practiced. Have pairs exchange papers and correct each others papers and award 5 to 10 points foe each correct answer. Enter these scores on the Team Point Chart and determine a weekly team winner.
Evaluation: Compare percent-correct scores on classwork, quizzes, or end-of-unit tests in the selected subject for the entire class or the target students before and after implementation.
Helpful Resources:
Rathvon, N. (2008). Effective school interventions: Evidence-based strategies for improving student outcomes. The Guilford Press: New York.
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