Table 1.
Post-intervention perceptions of peer teaching of the trained and untrained peer teachers.
| Frequency of comments from T-PT/U-PT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Theme | T-PT | (%) | U-PT | (%) | Total | |
| Positive outcomes | |||||||
| Improved learning | 16 | 72.7 | 6 | 27.3 | 22 | ||
| Enjoyment | 15 | 68.2 | 7 | 31.8 | 22 | ||
| Good experience | 15 | 78.9 | 4 | 21.1 | 19 | ||
| Self-esteem/confidence | 11 | 61.1 | 7 | 38.9 | 18 | ||
| Found the instructional manual useful | 19 | 100.0 | NA | – | 19 | ||
| Training useful | 7 | 100.0 | NA | – | 7 | ||
| Self-assessment checklist useful | 10 | 100.0 | NA | – | 10 | ||
| Total (positive outcomes) | 93 | 24 | 117 | ||||
| Challenges | |||||||
| Misbehavior | 5 | 50 | 5 | 50 | 10 | ||
| Lack of respect | 3 | 27 | 8 | 73 | 11 | ||
| Lack knowledge/ideas | 4 | 36 | 7 | 64 | 11 | ||
| Group too small | 1 | 25 | 3 | 75 | 4 | ||
| Lack of support/training | 0 | 0 | 9 | 100 | 9 | ||
| Self-assessment checklist not useful | 1 | 100 | NA | – | 1 | ||
| Others | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 | 4 | ||
| Total (challenges) | 16 | 34 | 50 | ||||
T-PT, Formalized (i.e., trained and resource supported) Non-Reciprocal Peer Teachers. Numbers represent the frequency of comments provided within a given theme by T-PT/U-PT. For example, in the Positive Outcomes category, there were 16 separate comments from T-PT program teachers about improved student learning, in comparison to six comments regarding this theme from U-PT.