Elementary school pupils can learn better when they help teach one another than they do in completely teacher-directed classrooms, according to researchers who analyzed more than 80 studies on ...

The people involved in Bates’ peer-tutoring program know how good it is — and now the word’s about to spread, thanks to recognition from the national organization that sets standards for training peer ...

Peer tutors are your fellow students who are trained to work with you on an individual or small-group basis. Tutors can help clarify course content and assignments, connect class notes and readings ...

January 15, 2026 - We visited Heather Povinelli in her Monrovia classroom, where we spoke about how she got back into teaching, how she creates an inclusive classroom, and what she learned conducting ...

Peer Tutors are trained to work with students on an individual and/or small-group basis. Tutors can help clarify course content and assignments, connect class notes and reading and practice problem ...

The Berkeley College Center for Academic Success (CAS) opened in 2006, with peer tutors employed to provide positive role models for students. Since then, the program has expanded, and faculty report ...

Two Norwegian scientists published an important pair of studies in June showing that firstborn children have higher IQ scores than their younger siblings—and, more significantly, that those ...

A tutor powered by AI, paired with a human helper and individual-level data on a student’s proficiency, can outperform a ...

Our peer tutors are trained to help students learn how to learn. Peer tutors offer support in a variety of courses across many undergraduate majors, including, but not limited to, math, sciences, ...

As a professional tutor, it may seem odd for me to support expanding college peer tutoring programs. After all, it’s partly what I do for a living as an adult, and, what’s more, how can a 20-year-old ...