Vignette: Clarissa

Mr. Jones decides to implement a peer tutoring program in his science class. He trains several of his top performing students to provide tutoring to students who are struggling in class. Clarissa is one of these low performers. Every day, Clarissa meets with her peer tutor who reviews key science terms with her. The tutor also shares her notes with Clarissa. This assistance has made a remarkable difference in the performance of all the students but especially Clarissa. Her note taking skills have improved and she now writes science definitions on note cards and practices studying from them for her science test.