Philippine E-Journals

Peer Tutoring: Its Effects on Academic Performance of 5th Grade Students in Mathematics at Sanchez Mira Central Elementary School

MARIEL O. DANGA

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

Based on research regarding academic performance and usage of peer tutoring in mathematics, a quantitative experimental research study using pre-test and post-test was conducted with grade 5 pupils who were identified as Talented and Gifted students at Sanchez Mira Central Elementary School. The general aim of the study is to identify the effects of peer tutoring on students’ academic performance in mathematics among the selected pupils of Sanchez Mira Central Elementary School. The researcher employed the simple random sampling technique by selecting 11 pupils. The fishbowl technique was used in selecting the 11 pupils who will be the control group. Frequency count was used to determine the number of pupils that belongs to a particular group based on the scale. T-test was used to determine significant difference between pre–and post-test scores. Cohen’s d was also used to determine the effect size of the peer tutoring strategy. Findings revealed that peer tutoring effectively improves the pupils’ performance in mathematics. It was further described that there exists a huge effect on the performance of pupils when peer tutoring is incorporated into classroom instruction.