Online Assignment on techniques used in teaching Natural Science- Peer tutoring and Team teaching
Peer tutoring The word "peer" is derived from a Latin word 'par' meaning equal. Peer group means persons of same age or a group of persons with same interest. Likewise, Peer tutoring is a flexible, peer mediated strategy that involves students serving as academic tutors and tutees. It is an instrumental strategy that consists of students with lower achieving students or those with comparable achievement for learning sessions. There are mainly three research-supported peer tutoring strategies: 1.Cross-age tutoring It is a peer tutoring approach that joins students of different ages with older students assuming the role of tutor and younger students assuming the role of student. 2.Peer-assisted learning strategies(PALS) This method is used to enable a wide range of students to participate and increase success in school. It is designed to suppleme...