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Implementing a Class Wide Peer Tutoring program to promote student learning through peer support, feedback, and collaborative teaching. This program focuses on explicit instruction, social growth, and individualized feedback to enhance reading skills. By encouraging students to take responsibility for their learning and help each other, it fosters a positive learning environment that promotes both academic achievement and social development.
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Reading Partners Students can help each other learn to read!
The Challenge • Variety of instructional levels • Increase time spent in active response • Frequent, individualized feedback
Class Wide Peer Tutoring • Students must be personally responsible for learning the material assigned and for helping one another. • Students must be trained in building positive relationships and in conflict resolution.
Class Wide Peer Tutoring • Academic tasks should be clearly defined and explicitly explained. • Students should alternate the role of tutor and tutee whenever possible. • Teacher is a facilitator and manager of the learning process.
Benefits of CWPT • Increased learning • Social growth
Considerations • What skills do your students need to practice? • Accuracy • Fluency • What size groups will work best?
Considerations • Social skill level of class • Size of class • Skill range of students (pretest)
Training Your Students • Appropriate praise statements, prompting • Staying on task • Procedures for charting and testing
Training Your Students • Making folders • Locating and returning materials to designated place • Transitions to and from regular class sessions
Assessing Progress • Teacher retesting, recycling of words • Setting goals with students • Reporting to parents
Maintenance and Generalization • Reinforcement systems • Using skills in other classes or courses
Folders Words Materials
Daily Sessions • Tutor huddle • Practice • Testing • Charting
Administration • Reward system • Replacement system • Review