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Effects of reciprocal peer tutoring for students in a 6th grade mathematics class
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2016
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The current mathematics curriculum intertwined with the Common Core State
Standards has created a struggle for teachers and struggling students in the classroom to
find time and successful ways for interventions. Research has shown for decades that
tutoring has been a useful strategy employed with students and over time has been altered
through trial and error to create different types of tutoring based upon student
needs. Extensive previous research using Reciprocal Peer Tutoring (RPT) has occurred
at the elementary and high school level. The purpose of this study is to select the specific
research based tutoring program RPT and to use the historical research to create a study
to explore its impact on struggling 6th grade mathematic students views of their math
skills and show academic gains or losses. In the study described, students took a survey
of their views of their individual math skills before and after the implementation as well
as a pre and post-test for Quarter 1. Twelve students were selected to participate in the
study that occurred 5 days per week for 3 weeks. After 3 weeks data was collected and
analyzed to show the effects of RPT on academics and math viewpoint. At the
completion of the study students were shown to have made growth in their math skills
from quarter one.[from author's abstract]
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1 online resource (ii, 57 pages) : color illustrations.