ABSTRACT
The educational success of peer-assisted instructional methods is founded on their capacity for eliciting and combining many elements that are crucial to the learning process. Not the least of these elements is that students are likely to be much more active and involved in their own learning: They work together and learn in pairs or small groups in such a way that their motivation and attention are greater, their capacity to contribute, question, and receive feedback is greater and their own learning achievements are more visible to them.
