Evidence-based peer-tutoring program to improve students’ performance at the university
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Student performance Grade point average Higher education Peer-tutoring Evidence-based program
Date
2019Referencia bibliográfica
Arco-Tirado, J. L., Fernández-Martín, F. D., & Hervás-Torres, M. (2019). Evidence-based peer-tutoring program to improve students’ performance at the university. Studies in Higher Education, 1-13.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the impact of a peertutoring
program on academic performance among first-year students.
The sample consisted of 102 first-year students from four-degree
programs at a Spanish University. The academic performance was
measured through the official student Academic reports. The
assignment of the students to the experimental group (N = 51) and
control group (N = 51) was done randomly. The intervention consisted of
20 highly structured individual weekly tutoring sessions delivered by
senior and doctoral students, previously trained in three training
sessions. The results show moderate effects’ size and statistically
significant differences in favor of the experimental group in the total
academic course, as well as in the fall and spring semesters.