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For questions about exercise groups; tutors, TAs, exercise group leaders and everything related to that.

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How to help my tutoring students study between sessions

Here are a few pointers and questions. Do the families have a realistic picture of how much help the students actually need? It is common in my work as a tutor to find 14-year-old kids who are getti …
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What are tutoring strategies for students struggling in math?

This is very hard to answer without details such as: Is this student generally a sense-making student or one who just seeks answers? How do you know? Is the student lacking prior knowledge? Many stu …
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What is the purpose of "instant" tutoring?

My question is: What is the true purpose of instant tutoring? Is it meant to be a Q and A where the tutor just gives the answer? … To most students, the purpose of instant tutoring (and a lot of other tutoring) is not learning but to get answers on the page that will please other people in the short-run. …
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More intermediate steps or check well-understanding

Part 1: Do they really understand? My first thought is that you are running into the limits of working memory. As students try hard to understand step 5, they are pushing previous thoughts about step …
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Teaching a student who refuses to learn

This is how most students perceive math tests. Whether it's fair or not, this is the perception and it is the normal response to a broken math education system. Imagine you are a teenager and your …
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Students understand during course but can't solve exam

At first, I thought that my exam is too hard. However, I usually, definitely, give problems that need the understanding of materials I give in the class to solve, but add some "spices" to them. P …
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