Peer-Partner is one of the choices available to students in Student-Directed Teaching, a progressive teaching technology.
Along with Student-Teacher Contract and Self-Directed, Peer-Partner is a teaching style that requires a different level of independence from Command and Task. It is, to some extent, a self-directed teaching style that allows the student to learn in his or her own fashion.
Under Peer-Partner, the teacher will:
Provide a unit plan consisting of the objectives for several days, written in a language that the students can understandVisit with each student at least once each period: this provides an opportunity to assess the progress of the peer-partnersDetermine the appropriateness of the style selected by each studentUse good questioning techniques and negotiation to help steer the students to becoming more independentProvide perception checks and final tests as indicated in the unit planProvide a second evaluative activity if required by an individual studentThe student will:
Choose a partner very carefully, considering each other's learning characteristics when making the choiceStudy each objective and jointly decide how the learning will take place. Discussion is an important component of this styleListen to the instruction the teacher is providing for the Command and Task students, if the objective is beyond the experience of both studentsConsider what they know and what they don't know when selecting the amount and type of practiceCheck each other's workDeclare the mark expected on each perception checkDo more than one perception check is the declared mark is not within the flexibility factorPrepare a plan which will indicate how they are going to use their Earned Time.