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Benefits Of Peer Tutoring Students With Disabilities In A Secondary School Setting, Kristi Louise Johnson
Benefits Of Peer Tutoring Students With Disabilities In A Secondary School Setting, Kristi Louise Johnson
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Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits peer tutoring provides to the tutee. However, studies measuring the benefits peer tutoring provides to the tutor are limited in quantity, detail, participant numbers and breadth. This study measured the benefits 151 peer tutors reported after peer tutoring for a semester in a special education class for students with severe disabilities. Peer tutors reported benefits in an essay response to the prompt: "What do you feel you have gained as a result of being a peer tutor?" The study identified the most common benefits obtained by peer tutors as measured by peer tutor generated …