Deseree
Rivera
Professor
Gallagher
ENG220
October
3, 2013
Tutoring Do’s and Don’ts
Do’s
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Positive
reinforcements are being used to encourage the writer to express more ideas.
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Student
was asked to take out a piece of paper in order to write more ideas
(brainstorm).
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Tutor
is looking for higher order concerns (HOC) rather than lower order concerns (LOC).
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Tutor
is asking many questions to help the student look at things from a different
perspective.
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Tutor
provided an outline to help the student stay focus to the topic.
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Tutor
is listening while the student explains the issue.
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The
3 types of body language (Posture, gesture, tone of voice) is being expressed in
a formal demonstration.
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When
a student is confused, the tutor is giving examples.
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Tutor
is working on an essay in sections while making corrections with the student.
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Tutor is using a pencil to make the
corrections while the student is reviewing the paper.
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The
tutor is presenting confidence in the hopes to help reassure the student overwhelm
nerves.
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When
you see a student giving up on their paper, you should not leave it alone.
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The
tutor is enforcing teacher-center tutoring rather than student-center tutoring.
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Tutor
reads essay in repeat while the student is trying to understand but simply
cant.
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Tutee
one is receiving all the attention while tutee two is staring into space. Tutor
should have given the student something to do.
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The
conversation was very informal rather than formal language.
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The
tutor is speaking too fast while the tutee is trying to comprehend.
§
The
tutor was very sporadic and the tutor should stay focus.
I like how you used your experience to make it more personal and have a true connection with your list. I used general examples and probably should have talked about my experience in the tutoring session.
ReplyDeleteYour last tutoring don't I find very important because even for myself I know I get distracted and my jump from one thing to another because there could be just so many things to talk about and just so many ideas that want to be verbalized.
As for your last tutoring do; make sure not to leave it alone if the tutee gives up. They are frustrated and you yourself might be getting frustrated but now this could be a chance for both tutor and tutee to learn from each other and grow by working together to find/ come to a solution.
I like what Sabrina says in her last little comment--that frustration is an opportunity!
ReplyDeleteI think this would have been a little better to read--and maybe easier for you to write!--if you had just phrased it in general terms. The assignment was to list general "Dos" and "Donts," not to describe your observations. That means that you are to come up with general guidelines for tutoring BASED ON (but not necessarily directly referring to) your observations, our readings, and the videos we watched. If you are uncertain, perhaps you should look at a fellow students' work--like Deborah's--to see a good example.