Investigating the Effectiveness of “Classwide Peer Tutoring” (CWPT) Strategy in a Mixed Learning (Dis)Abilities Primary School Classroom: A case study

The purpose of this article is to discuss ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) strategy as an effective educational procedure in including students with learning disabilities in general education classroom. In addition to describing CWPT, this article mainly presents a case study in which a primary educator teacher worked collaboratively with an educational researcher in a second grade Greek classroom to examine the impact of CWPT on students‟ word-spelling performance, as monitored on curriculum-based assessments. Data were collected by applying pre- and post-tests. Results indicated that all students, including those being at risk of having learning disabilities, improved their performance. The article concludes with a discussion of the procedure and areas of future research and application