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Publication Date: 2016
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The Impact of Interdependent Cross-Age Peer Tutoring on Social and Mathematics Self-Concepts
Zeneli, Mirjan; Tymms, Peter; Bolden, David
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, v3 n2 p1-13 2016
This paper adds to the limited body of literature and concentrates on investigating the impact of a new peer tutoring framework, 'Interdependent Cross Age-Peer Tutoring' (ICAT), on the socioacademic process of learning of self-concepts. ICAT is informed by Social Interdependence Theory, a socio-psychological perspective which aims to make cross-age peer tutoring more cooperative. The intervention took place in 2013 with three schools in England: Two of the schools adopted a pre-post test quasi experimental design and one school (school C) adopted a single group design. In school A Year 8 students tutored Year 6 (n=201), in school B Year 9 students tutored Year 7 (n=115), and in school C Year 10 students tutored Year 8 (n=102). ICAT was applied once a week for a period of 35-40 minutes across six weeks, covering school-planned mathematic topics. For school A, which implemented ICAT according to programme specifications, some positive and significant effect sizes were observed.
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Cross Age Teaching, Self Concept, Learning Processes, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Student Improvement, Personal Autonomy, Peer Relationship, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics, Cooperative Learning
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Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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