What does 'peer tutoring' involve?

Peer tutoring involves students helping each other to learn and understand academic content. This approach fosters collaborative learning and allows students to engage with the material actively. Through peer tutoring, students can explain concepts to one another in ways that might be more relatable than how they are presented by teachers. The process not only reinforces the understanding of the material for the student providing help but also promotes communication skills and social interaction.

While teachers assisting students is an important educational practice, it does not encompass the collaborative and reciprocal nature of peer tutoring. Individual work on tasks does not facilitate the interactive learning that peer tutoring embodies. Lastly, the notion that only advanced students can teach others overlooks the idea that all students have valuable insights and can benefit from teaching and learning among their peers, regardless of their academic standing.