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peer-assisted learning  

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  • Peer-assisted learning can be defined as the acquisition of knowledge and skill through active helping and supporting among status equals or matched companions. It involves people from similar social groupings who are not professional teachers helping each other to learn and learning themselves by so doing. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology; Peer-Assisted Learning]

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