The Effects of Peer Tutoring on Junior High General Education Students' Attitudes Toward Students with Severe Disabilities

Download or read book The Effects of Peer Tutoring on Junior High General Education Students' Attitudes Toward Students with Severe Disabilities written by Amanda Hunsaker and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this study was to determine if and how the perceptions of general education students toward their peers with severe disabilities changes when they participate in a peer tutoring program. The study was conducted in a suburban/rural district in Utah and included 102 participants in treatment and control groups over three junior high schools. The data found mixed results. One of the three schools had a significant difference in the attitudes of the treatment group after being part of a peer tutoring program. The study shows that being part of a peer tutoring program can have a positive impact on the attitudes and perceptions of students in general education.