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Peer tutoring improves student performance in an advanced physiology course.

D A Lake1

  • 1Department of Physical Therapy, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia 31419, USA. lakedavi@pirates.armstrong.edu

The American Journal of Physiology
|October 8, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Peer tutoring in advanced physiology courses helped mitigate grade declines, showing significant benefits for student academic performance. Students highly valued this peer support system, recommending its expansion to other science subjects.

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Area of Science:

  • Physiology Education
  • Higher Education Pedagogy
  • Academic Support Systems

Background:

  • Advanced physiology courses often present significant academic challenges for students.
  • Traditional teaching methods may not fully address learning gaps in complex scientific subjects.
  • Peer tutoring offers a supplementary educational approach to enhance student understanding and retention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of a peer tutoring system in an advanced college physiology course.
  • To assess the impact of peer tutoring on student academic performance.
  • To gauge students' perceived value and satisfaction with the peer tutoring experience.

Main Methods:

  • A quasi-experimental design comparing two groups of students in an advanced physiology course: one with peer tutoring (n=69) and one without (n=45).

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  • Academic performance was measured by comparing grades in the advanced course to those in an introductory physiology course for both groups.
  • Tutored students completed surveys to assess their perception and value of the peer tutoring system.

    • Main Results:

    • Both tutored and untutored groups showed a decline in grades in the advanced physiology course compared to the introductory course.
    • The decline in academic performance was significantly less pronounced in the peer-tutored group (P = 0.015).
    • Students in the peer tutoring program reported highly favorable reactions and expressed a strong desire for its expansion.

    Conclusions:

    • Peer tutoring is an effective strategy for enhancing student academic performance in challenging college science courses.
    • The peer tutoring system was perceived as highly beneficial by students, indicating its value as a supplementary educational tool.
    • This study provides evidence for the successful implementation of peer tutoring in higher education science teaching.