Drawbacks And Disadvantages

A tutor should know their students and their abilities and plan sessions accordingly. Through personal practice I have demonstrated by using different strategies for individual students’s needs and have set plans accordingly. All students have different learning

Providing a rich and varied context is essential, tutors should utilize a range of different methods to engage all students interests and learning styles. Identifying and meeting the learners needs are important so that tutors can facilitate students learning and ensure that both the students and tutors meet the required goals. Each learner is unique and brings to the learning situation their own different learning style, knowledge set, past experiences and motivational levels. It is important for tutors to consider the level of knowledge and skill development attained by the learners prior to instruction through a variety of different types of assessment, in order to offer a high quality learning experience, delivered and resourced to suit the needs of the learner. Tutors can assess learner needs through numerous means, such as; informal and formal assessment strategies, pre-course interviews and learning style tests. This will allow tutors to tailor lessons and activities to support learners individual needs.

Being a part of my school’s peer tutoring program has been the most gratifying experience of my high school career. As a student, I can relate to those that struggle in a subject and are unable to connect with the material being taught in class. I have worked with students who have lost confidence in themselves because of the difficulty they were having in school. To be given the opportunity to assist students to reach their academic goals is fulfilling. As a peer tutor, I edit essays, share scholarship searches, assist with homework, and provide studying tips and test taking strategies. I enjoy working with my group to develop habits to be more successful.With each higher grade earned, test anxiety relieved, and confident smile of those that I help, I know that the work I am doing is

Last Autumn, I received a call from Amir asking me if he could develop a tutoring program for college students. Amir, having recently graduated for the University of Houston, had spent time reflecting on his college experienced and sought to aid others who were going through similar collegiate struggles. Amir quickly formed and established the Undergraduate

Another solution to better America’s education system is to offer free or affordable tutoring. Often, children and teenagers do not understand the material and fear asking questions in class. Providing free or accessible coaching benefits these struggling students. If students are afraid to ask questions, they need a safe and friendly environment that assists students at a low cost. After a couple of tutoring sessions, the tutor can form a systematic, structured learning experience for the student. In addition to this, after the student sees an improvement in their grades, their motivation, and their attitude towards that subject will ameliorate. On the contrary, parents may believe that tutoring is a waste of time and money. Nevertheless,

In the article, tutoring has improved academic performance which include national standardized tests. In spite of the fact that it's essential for schools, the most valuable factor is the students' comprehension of the curriculum. People learn in various ways, and students motivates self-paced learning and cultivates work habits. Tutoring halls could be an opportunity for students to collaborate with their peers on their strengths and weaknesses, for they would receive additional assistance and knowledge from a like-mind's perspective. Learners will flourish confidence that will guide them in the classroom. As a result possessing boldness and a positive outlook will produce top-notch quality work. Bearing more integrated practice time and review will support students as an entity to

Tutoring continues to proceed in a positive venue, and the Student A has enjoyed the sessions and is showing signs of improvement. Student A is eager to please and has been practicing at home with previously

You are at the starting line of having a tutoring business. You aren’t quite sure yet which direction to take or how to make your business grow. However, you do know that you have a passion for helping students reach academic success.

I enjoyed tutoring when my students fully understood how to find the solution for the problem and start enjoying Math. Peer tutoring is interesting for me and for my students as Math become enjoyable by practicing repeatedly. The more you practice and remember simple steps, the more you fall in love with Math.

A successful peer mentoring relationship can have a significant positive effect on students and can also help improve communication and social skills, self-esteem, leadership skills, and also increases confidence and motivation. Being experienced students that have gone through the transition from primary school to high school and have been through the challenges that high school has given us, we can guide incoming students through the very experiences that we went through and provide tips on how to get through high school with ease. The importance of Peer Mentoring in learning programs is successful as it gives new students a way to communicate and connect with older students and ask question that they may have about high

I have been peer tutoring three students in Spanish for at least three hours a week since my freshman year. Learning Spanish in a classroom setting since I was a second grader has instilled a love of the Spanish language. Having initially struggled with learning Spanish and subsequently having to figure out how to learn the material, I knew that I could help other students with the same dilemma. As is often the case, students who struggle find solace in apathy. Most students are eager to learn and sometimes certain classroom settings defeat their spirit, especially when these students don’t take to subject matter naturally. Tutoring reinvigorates an excitement about learning, as each student feels more confident and capable. The apathy

Hock, M. F., Deshler, D. D., & Schumaker, J. B. (1999). Tutoring programs for academically underprepared college students: A review of the literature. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 29(2), 101-122.

Lipsky’s book defines the roll and importance of peer tutors on college campuses, the importance of promoting active learning, how to incorporate critical thinking and questioning skills, assessing students’ learning, collaborative learning and group work, tutoring as a proactive process, the value of diversity and students, online assistance, and a summary of effective peer lead sessions. One of the major strengths of this book is the learning activities throughout to assist peer tutors with their tutees. For example, in the promoting active learning chapter the activity has tutee comment section and peer tutors have the opportunity to provide how they would respond. This allows peer tutors to understand comments and questions that might arise during a tutoring sessions, and how they can overcome it.

Dave Eggers, a man who created an afterschool one-on-one tutoring program for students in Elementary through High school, understood that in order to thrive, students often just need someone to care about them and give them the necessary tools to succeed. When Eggers originally began this program, he asked teachers what would help them and their students the most. Amazingly, most teachers “really need . . . more one on one attention [for the students] . . . more expertise from people that have skills . . . and can work on it with these students one on one” (Eggers). Once the program gained momentum, Eggers discovered even “35 to 40 hours a year, with one-on-one attention, [students] can get one grade level higher” (Eggers). These students, not even college-aged students, received individual attention and

The need for tutors is overwhelming. Tutors help fill the gap between the teachers and the students. With so many students in each classroom, the teacher can't give each student the one-on-one attention that some students need. This is where tutors come in to play. Tutors have been a key instrument ineducation since as far back as the 1500's (Gordon 9). Tutoring is almost as old as educating children. Tutoring younger students is also still going strong in the twentieth century. Today it is more~important than ever due to the increase in students and low budgets that some schools have. As stated by Edward E. Gordon in his book, Centuries of Tutoring" Schoolinghas dominated the twentieth century, but tutoring still holds an important