ClassWide Peer Tutoring: An Effective Teaching Procedure For Facilitating the Acquisition of Health Education and Safety Facts with Students with Developmental Disabilities

Health and safety education programs are critical components of the elementary school's curriculum. Five students with developmental disabilities (DD) were taught health and safety facts using classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) and traditional teaching methods. Using a BAB single- subject design, percent correct on weekly pre and posttest scores on curriculum-based measures were the dependent variables. The results indicated increases in weekly posttest scores using CWPT procedures compared to traditional teacher-led instructional procedures. Discussion is focused on the advantages of using CWPT procedures to acquire basic knowledge about health topics such as body parts, drugs and their effects, poisons, and dangerous situations.