Implementing a Peer Tutor Program: Strategies for Practitioners

Abstract

ti trategi r r r iti Jean-Paul Barfield, Steve Hannigan-Downs and Lauren J. With the integration of students with dis abilities into regular physical education class rooms, practitioners are challenged to pro vide adequate supports to insure beneficial learning environments. The use of students as peer tutors is one such support. Peer tutor ing enhances motor performance, cognitive comprehension, attitudes, and physical edu cation academic learning time (ALT-PE) of