Should Students with advanced learning needs tutor their peers?
Sep 7, 2018
1 min read
This article by Catherine Little of the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education considers the practice of having students with advanced learning needs tutor other students in their classroom. She frames her thinking around these questions that teachers can ask when applying this practice: what are the intended learning outcomes, how do we measure them, and how do we guide students to achieve them? The article is titled: Op-Ed: Rethink Peer Tutoring by Gifted Learners
Solid write-up; you covered the important angles without ever getting lost in the weeds. The examples made the abstract parts concrete, and that's where it really came together. If anyone wants to dig a little deeper, I put together some related notes over at https://amt-games.com/news/uncx_still_has_a_market_visibility_signal__tvl__revenue_tracking__and_security_metrics_on_major_aggr.html.
This is one of the more balanced and practical takes I've come across on the topic. It's refreshing to see someone explain the reasoning and not just hand over a checklist. There's a complementary piece I wrote about this at portalbridges.net that adds a bit more context.