The Effect of Peer Tutoring for College Students: Who Benefits More from Peer Tutoring, Tutors or Tutees?

• Authors: Eun Hee Seo , Min Ji Kim

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of peer tutoring on college students’ academic achievement and, as well, their competencies in communication and collaboration. In particular, we investigated whether or not the effect of peer tutoring depends on the role taken in peer tutoring. 373 Korean college students attending peer tutoring participated in this study. A pre-post design employing a self-report questionnaire was used. The results indicated that peer tutoring improved both academic achievement and communicative and collaborative skills. The findings also suggested that the effect of peer-tutoring on academic achievement and responsibility for teamwork was valid only with regard to those in the role of tutees. The implications of this study are discussed.

Keywords

EN

peer tutoring; communication; collaboration; academic achievement; tutee; tutor

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 97-106

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Eun Hee Seo

• Gachon University

author

Min Ji Kim

• Gachon University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.19.58.4.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1967538