• Often confused with peer learning

• Students work in groups to learn. discuss, and solve problems

• Not learning from one another (peer learning) but rather learning with each other

• Peer learning can be designed to increase collaboration/cooperative learning 

Collaborative/Cooperative Learning 

• Peer assisted learning

• Peer to peer learning

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 “The acquisition of knowledge and skill through active help and support among status equals or matched companions”

Peer Learning

Wikipedia contributors. (2022, February 18). Peer learning. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_learning

• Tutors and tutees

• Tutor needs to be proficient in the subject as well as managing groups and group dynamics

• Power Distance

• Cognitive Congruence

• Social Congruence 

Peer Assisted Learning Roles

• Most often is supplemental instruction but is more effective when built into the course

• Keep with the pace of the class

• Metacognitive learning strategies are drawn from the tutor’s own experiences (mindmaps, diagrams, charts, exercises, writing notes)

• Tutees discussing and asking questions leads to more effective result


Peer Assisted Learning Strategies

• Tutees have an increase in academic performance

• Tutees gain friendship and experience attitude and behavior changes

• Peer tutors gained satisfaction from their tutees’ improved results and enhanced time management, planning, and communication skills 

• More self-confidence and satisfaction for both groups

Peer Assisted Learning Outcomes

• Effective in identifying the learner’s incomprehension

• Identifying the learner’s incomprehension allowed for peer learning

• Identifying incomprehension allows for people to teach each other 

Microtask Peer Assisted Learning

Social Learning 

• Children are learning/gaining skills on social interactions rather than concepts

• A child's perception of their social interactions is more important than the actual interaction

• Their perceptions influence their self-worth which influences their behaviors and how they are seen by fellow peers

• Peer social support vs peer victimization

• Influences academic learning

Peer Learning in Preschool and Elementary Education

• A teacher's peers include all other teachers in the same school that teach the same grade

• A teacher's performance is affected by the quality of their peers

• "changes in the quality of a teacher’s colleagues are associated with changes in" their, "students’ test score gains"

• A teacher's performance increases when the quality of their peers' increases

•Certified and licensed teachers are more responsive to their peers 

• Teachers share resources

• Less experienced teachers can learn from more experienced teachers and are, therefore, more responsive to peers

• Students can be affected by a teacher's past peers

Peer Learning in Administration (Teachers)

• Peer learning is most successful when it is built into a course rather than just being an add-on

• Peer learning needs to focus on course goals and learning outcomes

• One must consider the context of the course/lesson before implementing peer learning

•  One must make sure that the peer learning strategy that is chosen accomplishes the intended task

•  "considering resource implications"

•  Someone needs to manage the peer learning process

• The manager, students, and anyone else involved should be prepared and understand what their peer learning role entails (tutor or tutee)

• Tutors should practice how to interact with tutees in order to be cognitively and socially congruent

• Peer learning strategies should be introduced in the beginning and the process should be evaluated in the end to measure its effectiveness

•  Having/creating a positive learning climate (good attitude) also increases peer learning effectiveness


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