A Course To Prepare Peer Leaders To Implement a Student-Assisted Learning Method

Implementation of the Peer-Led Team-Learning Instructional Model as a Stopgap Measure Improves Student Achievement for Students Opting Out of Laboratory

“…The peer leaders facilitate group work among the team of students and are not responsible for providing answers to any of the problems. Because they are usually neither content experts nor experienced facilitators, peer leaders take part in a leader-training program in which the course instructor and an education specialist prepare the leaders to guide student–student interactions (Tien et al ., 2004). …”

Pedagogies of engagement in science

“…The PLTL project has published a Handbook for Team Leaders [93] for use in leader training courses. A recent research paper describes new dimensions in leader training for PLTL [94]. The POGIL website provides information concerning implementation in the classroom, including the Instructor's Guide to Process‐Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning , which can be downloaded at no cost [19].…”

The Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Experience Offers Opportunities Similar to the Undergraduate Research Experience

“…Mendenhall, who analyzed UTAs working in a psychology course, found that they developed teaching techniques, group-facilitating skills, leadership and counseling expertise, as well as administrative abilities (18). Studies of Peer-Lead Team Learning experiences in chemistry suggested that peer leaders develop cognitive abilities to integrate pedagogical ideas with the subject matter, learn to identify students' motivational needs, and understand interpersonal dynamics (29). The Learning Assistant program, designed for future K-12 science and mathematics teachers, has been found beneficial as measured by increases in the grade point average (GPA) of students who continue in the program, pre-and post-conceptual knowledge evaluations, and rising recruitment rates (7,8,24).…”