Peer Tutoring and Math Digital Tools: A Promising Combination in Middle School

Lidon Moliner, Francisco Alegre and Gil Lorenzo-Valentín
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Lidon Moliner: Department of Pedagogy, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellon, Spain
Francisco Alegre: Department of Education, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellon, Spain
Gil Lorenzo-Valentín: Department of Education, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellon, Spain

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 13, 1-16

Abstract: Peer tutoring in combination with math digital tools was employed with middle school students learning mathematics. A total of 112 students in 9th grade (14 to 15 years old) participated in the study. A pretest–posttest with control group design was used. Students worked with systems of linear equations during the experience. The effects of the intervention of peer tutoring in combination with math digital tools on students’ mathematics achievement were examined using quantitative methods. The way students in the experimental group learned and their motivation towards using digital tools compared with students in the control group were analysed qualitatively. Statistically significant improvements and a large effect size were reported for students’ mathematics achievement in the experimental group. No statistically significant differences were reported between the pretest and the posttest for the control group. The qualitative analyses revealed that students in the experimental group achieved a higher level of autonomous learning, showed a greater association of mathematical concepts, helped their peers more, did more exercises and problems than students in the control group, and enjoyed the experience.

Keywords: peer tutoring; digital tools; mathematics achievement; autonomous learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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