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What is ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT)? How can CWPT help your students? Who can benefit from CWPT? How is CWPT different from other traditional classroom instruction? What are the benefits of CWPT? How can CWPT be used? Where can you find more information about CWPT? What is ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT)? ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) is a time tested, research proven, effective program that enhances the acquisition of academic skills. The traditional CWPT program is a systematic and fun instructional strategy that actively engages an entire classroom of students at the same time. CWPT is a comprehensive procedure that is based on reciprocal peer tutoring and group reinforcement to accelerate the process of learning and practicing basic academic skills. How can CWPT help your students? The CWPT program can help all students by doubling and in some cases tripling the amount of time students are involved with and can directly practice the learning task that is being taught. CWPT has been proven effective and is commonly listed as one of the "best practices" in education. Who can benefit from CWPT? The CWPT program was originally developed and used with special education students in their mainstream classrooms. It was very evident early on that the procedures were not only effective for the targeted students, but for the entire classroom of students regardless of their ability levels. Thus, CWPT has been researched and proven effective with the following student populations:
How is CWPT different from other traditional classroom instruction? In traditional classroom instruction, the teacher is the main content delivery person, and the basic content delivery system is through teacher lecture and passive student learning and exposure. In a CWPT classroom, the students become the content delivery persons for one another, an active multi-modality delivery system drives the one-to-one practice sessions, and students are provided with numerous opportunities to respond directly with the content being learned. CWPT provides:
What are the benefits of CWPT? CWPT benefits for the classroom teacher include (but are not limited to):
CWPT benefits for students include (but are not limited to):
How can CWPT be used? CWPT is so flexible, adaptable, and so dependable that it can be used with and in any academic subject or content area including:
CWPT lends itself most easily to content subject areas that are rote learning in nature, but it only takes a minimal additional effort on the part of the teacher to convert higher- level thinking process subject matter into a tutoring format for their students. Where can you find more information about CWPT? Research Articles
Juniper Gardens Children's Project (http://www.jgcp.ku.edu) The CWPT program was developed and refined at the Juniper Gardens Children's Project in Kansas City, Kansas. Sopris West Publishing Company (http://www.sopriswest.com) Sopris West publishes the CWPT program implementation manual and charts called Together We Can. Current Practice Alerts (http://www.dldcec.org/pdf/PeerTutoring_rev1.pdf) This document is from a new publication series for practitioners and parents entitled Current Practice Alerts. Each issue in the series will provide its readers access to an objective, independent, and authoritative review of what is known about a current or emerging practice intended for individuals with learning disabilities. The CWPT program is reviewed within this series. The Promising Practices Network (http://www.promisingpractices.net/program.asp?programid=99&benchmarkid=6) The Promising Practices Network (PPN) web site highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The information pertains to children from the prenatal period to age 18, as well as the families and communities in which they live. This site provides useful information to decision makers, practitioners, and program funders who must choose among many possibilities for improving results for children, youth, and families. An overview of CWPT is provided on this site. 
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