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- Title
How Peers Support and Inhibit Learning in the Classroom: Assessment of High School Students in Collaborative Groups.
- Authors
Strom, Paris S.; Hendon, Kelli L.; Strom, Robert D.; Chih-Hsuan Wang
- Abstract
Improving conditions of learning is a priority for schools, communities, states, and the federal government. Students are the stakeholders with the most to gain or lose and should be consulted about their classroom experiences as a basis for continuous school improvement planning. The population of 461 students from a rural public high school in the southern United States was invited by the school principal to complete the 16-item Peer Support Poll on ways peers support and inhibit learning. Results for the 443 participating students identified (a) ways peer support influences performance of individuals in cooperative learning groups, (b) functioning and effectiveness of teams, (c) and preferences for ways of learning. Findings of this study can help guide efforts to strengthen the school community by incorporating student voice to improve the efficacy of collaborative groups. Faculty reviewed the findings in a bar chart with poll items, frequencies, and percentages. The high rate of student participation, 96%, suggests they trusted the principal and faculty to respect their anonymous opinions and consider them as a basis for taking action. A 10-step process model is described to use polling to mobilize the school community in making decisions about school improvement.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HIGH school students; SCHOOL improvement programs; RURAL schools; PEER pressure; RATING of students
- Publication
School Community Journal, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 2, p183
- ISSN
1059-308X
- Publication type
Article