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Peer Tutoring

Peer tutoring involves students assisting other students who are struggling to understand course material. It can take three forms: student-to-student tutoring where peers help each spontaneously; tutor-to-group where teachers select tutors to lead group instruction; and tutor-to-student where tutors provide one-on-one help. Peer tutoring aims to improve learning outcomes by allowing students to learn from peers in a less intimidating environment than teacher-led instruction. It relies on students with stronger academic abilities to help those struggling in a way that is easily understood by peers.

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Peer Tutoring

Peer tutoring involves students assisting other students who are struggling to understand course material. It can take three forms: student-to-student tutoring where peers help each spontaneously; tutor-to-group where teachers select tutors to lead group instruction; and tutor-to-student where tutors provide one-on-one help. Peer tutoring aims to improve learning outcomes by allowing students to learn from peers in a less intimidating environment than teacher-led instruction. It relies on students with stronger academic abilities to help those struggling in a way that is easily understood by peers.

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Peer Tutoring By Siti Rafika, 2012

Sudirman (www.docstoc.com, 2010) states: Students is an essential element in learning, then siswalah to receive and achieve a variety of learning information, which in turn can alter his behavior as expected. In line with the above statement, then the use of students who have high academic ability, or students who are good communicators or mentor fellow colleagues in learning than teachers, are expected to provide learning assistance to students who have difficulty in understanding the learning materials that will and are being studied.Peer tutor learning is basically the same with the mentoring program, which aims to provide assistance to students, in order to achieve optimal learning outcomes. This can happen when students are better able to complete the job yourself, then help other students who are less fortunate. Dedi Supriadi (Antonious Novan, 2007:18) argues that: Peer tutors also means a person or persons designated and assigned students to assist students who have difficulty learning.Tutors are drawn from a group of students who have higher achievement than other students. According Ischak and Warji (Ika Marlita Sari, 2006:26) argues that: Peer tutors are students who have completed a bunch of material, provide assistance to students who have difficulty in understanding the lessons learned material. Conny Setiawan (Antonious Novan, 2007:19) argues that: Peer tutors are students who can provide a good learning aid

to students who are less intelligent. The grant may be made to classmates outside of school. Based on the opinions of experts, the authors can explain again that the peer tutor is learning, is student-centered learning, in this case the students learn from other students who have the status of the age, maturity / self-esteem is not much different from himself, so that children do not feel so compelled to accept the ideas and attitudes of the teacher who is none other than themselves to their peers.

Peer tutor learning, can be done by peers who are smarter, providing learning assistance to classmates in school. Aid learning by peers can eliminate the awkwardness. Language peers more easily understood, but it with peers no reluctance, inferiority, shame, and so on, so expect students who do not understand do not hesitate to express the difficulties it faces. Branley (1974: Anthony Novan in Novan, 2007:33) mentions that there are three basic types of learning processes in the organization of peer tutors are: a. Student to student b. Tutor to group c. Tutor to student a. Type of Student to Student Type of learning process student peer tutor to student, the implementation will occur between students' learning interaction the one with the other students, interaction between them does not occur in a group, but students who have the potential to do more guidance on in-class peer, or peer tutor activities normally This type occurs spontaneous, means that student who feels they have not been able to, do not ask the teacher, but on close friends or students who they consider to have more capabilities. In this activity does not lead tutor in a group but with individual guidance to each student in distress.

Figure 1 Student To Student (Source: Anthony Novan, 2007:20)

b. To Type Tutor Group The process of learning to type tutor group different types of student to student. Type of tutor to the group, the teacher did the selection of students to be tutors. Tutors are selected based on ability / potential they have, and also based on data and observations of teachers in the process of teaching and learning activities in advance. Tutors are selected are given instructions, directions and even training of teachers, about what to do and how to tutor students in front of, before the learning process takes place with a tutor. After the selection of tutors, teachers divide the group according to the number of students in a classroom, a group formed cultivated are a heterogeneous group. In each group there is a tutor who acts as mentors in group activities. Tutors who have begun to help, providing learning materials should be observed implementation. Do tutors work in accordance with the instructions given, and whether the tutor uses the time and means well. It is necessary observation of the teacher, the teacher has the right to make improvements to the implementation of learning. Teachers conduct an evaluation at the end of learning.

Figure 2 Tutor To Group (Source: Anthony Novan, 2007) c. To Type Tutor Student Learning activities using the method of teaching peer tutor type tutor to student, which teachers form a team of tutors as needed in each class, the tutor to give guidance to his colleagues who have difficulty in understanding the lessons and practice.

Figure 3 Tutor To Student (Source: Anthony Novan, 2007)

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