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Impact evaluation of reactive assessment strategies to address social loafing by promoting student cooperation and encouraging mutual support
2013
Cooperative work is an effective strategy when team members are kept motivated and collaborate towards the achievement of a common goal. However, social loafing may significantly reduce educational gains. In this article, we analyse whether assessment-based reactive strategies that exploit existing emotional relationships between the team members are effective as a response to unequal commitment in cooperative tasks. In particular, an adaptive negotiation process that permits students to improve their grades by improving future scores obtained by free riders is suggested. Findings support that these types of strategies may have a great impact in fostering peer tutoring, student cooperation …
Can peer-tutored psychological flexibility training facilitate physical activity among adults with overweight?
2021
Objective An increase in psychological flexibility has been found to be associated with health behavior changes. Peer-led interventions have been advantageous in improving physical activity among individuals at health risk. This study aimed to discover whether an ACT-based peer-tutored online intervention can increase self-reported physical activity participation and psychological flexibility among adults with overweight. Design The study was a non-randomized longitudinal intervention study. The intervention participants (N = 177) were primary health care clients with overweight. They participated in a 24-month program provided by health services, including three online modules of ACT of si…
PEER-TUTORING AT THE UNIVERSITY. ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE CASE STUDY
2021
The paper focus on the theme of peer learning with reference to the university context. Peer tutoring is an educational strategy that aims to activate mutual support between peers to promote an authentic and co-participated learning experience. In doing this it is necessary that the relationship is positive and that the "power" between the people involved is balanced; in other words, that participation is spontaneous [1]. Orientation and tutoring are now a reality for Italian and international universities [2],[3]. If initially said activity was intended to guide and inform incoming students, later the offer was extended to the entire university career and for heterogeneous needs [4],[5],[6…
Older Adults Learning Digital Skills Together: Peer Tutors’ Perspectives on Non-Formal Digital Support
2023
In later life, digital support is predominantly received outside of formal education from warm experts such as children, grandchildren, and friends. However, as not everyone can rely on this kind of informal help, many older adults are at risk of being unwillingly left without digital support and necessary digital skills. In this article, we examine non-formal digital support and peer tutoring as a way to promote digital and social inclusion through the acquisition of necessary digital skills. First, we ask: (a) What is peer tutoring, in the field of digital training, from the peer tutors’ point of view? Then, based on the first research question, we further ask (b) what are the key charact…
Tutoraggio didattico tra pari a distanza: una ricerca-intervento svolta con gli studenti universitari
2021
Nell’a. a. 2020-21 è stata svolta una ricerca-intervento sul peer tutoring in ambito universitario, ipotizzato come strumento efficace per ridurre alcuni effetti negativi che la DAD, imposta dalla pandemia da covid-19, aveva provocato durante l’a. a. 2019-20 tra gli studenti iscritti al primo anno del corso di laurea triennale in Scienze dell’Educazione dell’Università di Palermo. 17 studentesse e 2 studenti del secondo anno di questo corso di studi, che avevano completato gli esami dell’anno precedente, dopo aver partecipato tra febbraio e marzo ad una specifica attività formativa, da marzo a giugno 2021 hanno aiutato, ancora in modalità a distanza, 33 studentesse e 2 studenti – loro colle…