Engage 100% of your students
in meaningful math discussion
Set up peer coaching in your class to differentiate instruction and improve students’ math confidence. Zero prep required.
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With PeerTeach, every student gets 1-on-1 help from a peer
Improve math confidence
Give students the opportunity for productive struggle with a peer they trust. Watch them go from “I don’t know” to “I’ll give it a try” - first in their tutoring sessions, and then whole class!
Teach collaboration skills
Assign short, research-backed trainings that teach students how to help their peers. Instead of giving away answers, they’ll learn how to ask thoughtful questions, provide helpful hints, and model their thinking out loud.
Measure student growth
Pair students who need help with those who have mastery. Use quick checks for understanding after each session to celebrate student learning.
Problem: When helping peers, students too often over-explain or give away answers.
Background: Decades of research show that “learner-centered” teaching methods produce mastery for the tutee.
Solution: We developed online trainings to help students adopt three teaching moves: eliciting information, probing for reasoning, and revoicing ideas.
Methods: We tested efficacy with two randomized control trials (RCTs) with 198 middle school math students. Half of the students received a PeerTeach training while the other half received a more traditional tutor training.
Results: Teaching behaviors changed substantially for the PeerTeach group, resulting in a statistically significant increase in tutee learning. Students taught by trained peers achieved 30% higher test scores than students taught by more traditionally trained peers.
Students learn 30% more when taught by trained peers
Kathleen Garvey, 8th Grade Math Teacher
“When you teach something the first time, not everybody gets it. PeerTeach is great for students that need extra time with material or need to have it explained in a different way. And everyone else really relearns the material by teaching it!”
