The Effects of Peer Tutoring on Seventh-grade Students’ Learning in Science

Lekh Raj Ghalley *

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

Sonam Tobgay

Ministry of Education, Bhutan.

Dorji Penjor

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

Budhi Man Rai

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

Govinda Oli

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

Sonam Tenlo

Ministry of Education, Bhutan

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Peer tutoring is a common instructional strategy used in classrooms. This study focused on the effects that peer tutoring has on students of the novice group. The effect of peer tutoring was compared based on the score of pretest and posttest to those of the control group. At the end of the tutoring session, the satisfaction of the students was accessed by administering questionnaires. Hence, this is a mix-mode research where survey questionnaire and class tests score has been used. The questionnaires consist of two parts.  Part one consisted of nine closed questions using a Likert scale and in addition to the opportunity to provide free text comments and part two consists of five close ended questions using a Likert scale to assess the usefulness of the tutoring session. The posttest result showed that 7 out of 8 participants made significant progress after intervention. The student’s perceptions on the action-tutoring strategy were all positive that students were satisfied with tutoring timing, session and had found useful to be recommended with other friends. Hence, it has positive effect in learning science at class seven

Keywords: Peer tutoring, effectiveness, satisfaction and performance improvement in science


How to Cite

Ghalley, Lekh Raj, Sonam Tobgay, Dorji Penjor, Budhi Man Rai, Govinda Oli, and Sonam Tenlo. 2019. “The Effects of Peer Tutoring on Seventh-Grade Students’ Learning in Science”. Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies 4 (3):1-12. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajess/2019/v4i330121.

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