Effective Way of Tutoring

Effective way in Tutoring Students

2004

Outline:

A) Introduction

B) General discussion

1) Personal Experience

2) Tips on Promoting Student Motivation

3) Advantages and Disadvantages of Tutoring

C) Conclusion.

Foreword:

Tutoring is a tool in helping the children in their academic needs. The tutor guides them in answering their assignments as well as teaching them techniques in solving problems. This paper is aimed at describing tutor functional duties, tips on promoting student motivation, advantages and disadvantages of tutoring and my personal experience of tutoring students.

Studies from outside sources would facilitate me in coming up with my own conclusion. I will resort to some convenient tools and opinions to provide a clear position towards effective tutoring. The main discussions and conclusion will be presented immediately within the perception of studies obtained.

There is a wide variety of reasons why parents have to get tutor for their kids. Some children and adolescents experience difficulty in achieving academic goals. Some are needed to substitute for the absence of the child’s parents. Some children have behavioral disorders or belong to a huge class that is hard for them to catch up classroom discussions (McGinn, 1999).

Tutoring offers children who may be experiencing troubles with their schoolwork a chance to improve their education by receiving special attention that they may not get from a teacher or parent. They encourage kids to move forward and do their best. They are also people that children may look up to as role models. It is a hands-on approach to help children’s learning processes (McGinn, 1999).

I am a tutor of math subjects in high school students. I helped them solve their assignments and teach them techniques in solving. A lot of students are having difficulty when it comes to problem solving. Problem solving is not easy at first, but following the right strategies and steps you would arrive to the correct answer. I make sure that I teach my students step by step in solving the problems and guide them in applying the techniques I taught them.

As a tutor, I treated my students like my friends and persuade them as much as possible to do their best in their assignments, tests and quizzes. I influence them to overcome the bad influences they may encounter in their lives. I provide them my support as one way to reduce the gap between what students are expected to know and to be able to do (http://www.geocities.com/manav_b_merv/tutorart3.html, 2004).

Some researchers describe tutoring as the ideal teaching situation because it involves one-to-one instruction in content and skills selected and presented by the tutor. They claim that one-to-one tutoring presents an excellent opportunity to teach skills, strategies, and content knowledge to a single student. It optimize the impact of a variety of validated instructional practices and techniques, such as direct instruction, tutor modeling of thinking and problem-solving behaviors, scaffolding of support as students practice skills and strategies, and provision of immediate, positive, and corrective feedback (http://www.geocities.com/manav_b_merv/tutorart3.html, 2004).

Students are different from one person to the other. Some students can easily grasp the subject, some don’t. In promoting student motivation, we need to have focus mind and clear goals. Here are some tips for promoting student motivation and performance. First, we need to build rewarding opportunities for social interaction. An adult tutor, for instance, can provide support and encouragement that can kindle motivation for a