INTRODUCTION:
According to Spencer, V. peer tutoring is widely known as a strategic way of placing students in the
shoes of academic tutors as well as tutees, mostly the process of which a high performing student is
paired with a lower performing student to help them clarify the topics that have already been discussed.
Peer tutoring can be used from all ages, subject areas and grade level, not only does it help improve
academic performances but also promotes a healthy social development for the children, it can also
drastically increase one’s self confidence.[ CITATION VGS06 \l 13321 ]
Stated by Kunsch, Jitendra, and Sood describes peer tutoring as a wide array of different style or types of
tutoring arrangements, the most common one where in which most success occurs is when students
help each other by working by pairs to help one another learn or practice a certain task handed to
them. Peer tutoring achieves better results when a pair of one academically challenged student is paired
to a high level student.[ CITATION Kun07 \l 13321 ]
In lined with Topping it is more beneficial for students to partake in peer tutoring because of its many
benefits including but not limited to the improvement of academic standing, social aspects will also
increase in a good way relationship with one’s peers will improve, personal relationship with oneself will
increase and develop further as well as increase in motivation. Teacher will also experience benefits and
opportunities to improve the teaching a approach being used. [ CITATION Top08 \l 13321 ]
In light of Beasley the system where learners help each other learn by means of teaching is known as
peer tutoring, a process done by many different institutions in many different ways. Commonly the
method used is when a student with more prior experience to the topic assist a learner or multiple ones
also called tutees outside of the given time of the class schedule some cases also in a different
environment. [ CITATION Bea97 \l 13321 ]
Declared by Vygotsy’s theory the competent learners acts as the strengthening agent for the weaker
and slower learners and helps the development of these types of students, inevitably showing the
difference between how an unaided student versus one who is assisted by a competent peer perform
during academic drills. [ CITATION Hog99 \l 13321 ]
According to the ‘Processes and consequences of peer collaboration’ research shows that the
collaboration between peers can help and improve competence when it comes to academic standings
when the chosen tutor for the tutee is a lot more advanced and well versed in the topic or lesson being
taught. Showing that it is better to pair a high and low performing student next to each other seeing as it
helps more.[ CITATION Tud92 \l 13321 ]
Stated by Kalkowsi peer tutoring has a lot of benefits that include not only a better academic
performance but also boost self-esteem, developing leadership skills along the way with the
improvement and enhancement of team-working skills which is very much needed when it comes to life.
