Effects Of Peer Tutoring Among Mathematics Teachers On Teachers’ Efficacy, Teacher Quality And Students’ Academic Performance

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of peer tutoring among teachers on teacher efficacy, teacher quality, and the academic achievement of students in the senior high schools. The target population of the study were teachers and students of all Senior High schools in the Ejisu Municipality. The study adopted an explanatory sequential mixed method approach. Purposive sampling aided in selecting eight (8) teachers for interview to gain insight into peer tutoring among mathematics teachers. Convenient sampling was used in selecting one hundred (100) teachers including the eight who did the interview for the regression analysis of the quantitative data. The study also used purposive sampling to select sixty-two (62) students to test the effect of the peer tutoring programme on students’ achievement using independent t-test to compare the means of the pre-test and post-test. Teachers’ perception of peer teaching among mathematics teachers was significant. The impact of peer teaching among mathematics teachers on teacher efficacy was seen as significant. The impact of peer teaching among mathematics teachers on teacher quality was seen as significant. The effect of peer tutoring on students’ achievement in mathematics was significant. Mathematics Head of Department (HOD) of all senior high schools are encouraged to organize in-service training for teachers in the form of peer tutoring among mathematics teachers. It was further recommended that mathematics teachers should be motivated to engage in peer tutoring among themselves.