A Case Study on Peer-Teaching

Leng Leng Lim

Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.28006                

Abstract

This paper reports on the feedback of a case study on peer-teaching activity in a third year university mathematics course. The objective of the peer-teaching activity was to motivate learning and raise student commitment. From the questionnaires conducted, students welcomed the peer- teaching activity and their learning motivation was also improved.

Keywords

Engaging Learning, Peer-Assessment, Peer-Teaching

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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