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Students were trained and assigned peer tutees within algorithms and problem-solving classes, working in pairs defined by selection criteria for peer tutors and their tutees. 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Peer tutoring has emerged as oneof the most effective mechanisms of enabling learning and improving academic performance of students at all levels of education. It has since been put into practice by various institutions in a number of ways involving the tutor, the tutee and teachers or school administration who work together through a systematic process. Peer tutoring has emerged as one of the most effective mechanisms of enabling learning and improving academic performance of students at all levels of education. Primary research where selected students were trained and assigned peer tutees in the algorithms and problem solving class taught to undergraduates in the first semester. Students were placed in pairs. A pair consists of a peer tutor selected based on certain criteria and a tutee. The interesting aspect of this study is that it tests the impact of working in pairs had a positive impact on both on the tutor and the tutee.  \nKeywords: education, working in pairs, computer sciences, algorithm development, problem solving.  \nIntroduction  \nWith the world becoming increasingly competitive in all spheres, including education, it has become pertinent for educational institutions to incorporate newer, innovative and more effective ways of enabling learning for students. Not only is education becoming complex in terms of course content and curriculum, but increasing unemployment rate in most countries of the world is creating pressure on institutions to prepare students for academic and career success in a better way. A high dropout rate due to lack of real-world experience and inability to cope with coursework is one of the biggest challenges in academia today, especially in the stream of computer science education. Various modern mechanisms and strategies have been put into play to curb the dropout rate as well as to foster better academic performance of students, such as incorporating latest technology in classroom, eLearning, a stronger screening process of faculty, etc. and working in pairs is one of them. Peer tutoring is defined as a focused learning and interaction between students in the same class; one who is good at the subject becomes the ‘tutor’ while the student who needs help with the subject becomes the ‘tutee’ (Topping, Duran, & Van Keer, 2016, p. 10) . This process of using students to tutor other students can take place during class timings as a group activity, or outside of class. The tutor  \n􀀍Associate Professor, UOWD, UAE.  \n[https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.6-3-4](https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.6-3-4) doi=10.30958/aje.6-3-4  \nfocuses on an area which needs improvement or strengthening of the tutee. The National Education Association (NEA), an institution leading the cause of public education in the USA, strongly supports peer tutoring as it leads to better academic performance. The NEA advocates the use of same-age peer teachers as an equally effective substitute for regular class teachers, when it comes to explaining the course content (Chen & Liu 2011) . This system has been proven to be more successful than traditional classroom teaching because it provides a substantially higher amount of individual attention to each student as compared to classroom tutoring; and the tutees can also track their progress instantly. This method has proved the old saying that \"to teach is to learn twice\", since teachers learn more while teaching, as proven in a study conducted by the University of Dundee (Chen & Liu, 2011) .  \nAccording to Horan (2016), the main reason for the success of peer tutoring is that students feel more comfortable receiving instructions from other students than the teachers. 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