Peer-Assisted Learning Proposal

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In the article, "Using Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies to Increase Response to Intervention in Inclusive Middle Math Setting," written by Stephen D. Kroeger and Beth Kouche the authors present the positive impacts of using peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) in middle school. The studied was conducted in a large middle school near a city located in the Midwest. This studied involved 150 seventh-grade students. All of students' math capabilities varied from poor to advanced. In addition, PALS were a class wide peer tutoring based on common core instructional learning strategies. The PALS are useful because these strategies can be used to improve upon the math skills of students by placing "… significance on the development of reciprocal …show more content…

This setup benefits the students by creating opportunities to ask a friend before asking the teacher. In turn, some of the students feel uncomfortable asking for assistance from teachers, and instead, they would be more comfortable in asking a peer. The way in which the student receives help does not matter as much as the student receiving valuable help. In turn, this setup helps the teacher more efficiently attend to the students who need the most help in her class. If both partners do not understand, then the teacher can address the information to the two students at the same time. This cuts down the amount of time repeating the information twice, but it increases the number of students he or she helped. In conclusion, PALS are useful strategies to use while teaching mathmatices because PALS provides clear objectives, practice, and feedback from both peers and the

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