LRNA 95 / PSME 95 Fridays 2:30pm-4:15pm

1
LRNA 95 / PSME 95Fridays 230pm-415pm

• Diana Alves de Lima
• Doli BambhaniaTodays special guests Melissa
  Aguilar, Yuan Kuo

Sign in on the attendance spreadsheet on the
clipboard Write one question/goal/concern/thing
you want to learn regarding tutoring on the
board Take a seat in the circle and look at your
card
2
ICEBREAKER

• Find the other people in the room with the same
  number on their card
• Each group of 3 to 4 people should then
• sit together learn each others names
• talk about the questions/concerns you wrote
  on the board at the start of class
• pick one person to introduce the group members
  and another to tell the class which one
  question/concern your group found most
  interesting or important

3
Goals for the courseWe want you

• To become confident, skilled, reflective tutors
  who try new things,question their own
  techniques,love tutoring,and have fun

4
Goals for the courseWe want you

• To think aboutand improveyour own learning

5
Goals for the courseWe want you

• To learn ways to communicatethat will help in
  life

6
Goals for the courseWe want you

• To make friends andfeel like a part of the
  tutoring community

7
Goals for the courseWe want you

• To help each other,to help shape this class and
  program,to become leaders senior tutors(maybe
  even teachers)

8
Professionalism

• The goal of tutoring
• IS NOT
• to show what you know about math
• or to solve math problems

9
Professionalism

• The goal of tutoring
• IS
• to help students learn how to solve math
  problemson their ownand to help them learn how
  to learn and study

10
Professionalism

• Some people are great mathematicians
• but
• they may not be great tutorsThey need to learn
  techniques
• that help students learn
• and they need to understand
• the real goals of tutoring

11
When a student asks a tutor for help with a
problem,

• is the success of the tutoring session measured
  by
• a how well the tutor solved the problem ?
• b how well the tutor explained the solution ?
• c how well the student can imitate the tutors
  solution ?
• d how well the student learned to think
  aboutand solve the problem ?

12
If the tutoring session consists entirely of the
tutor showing the steps used to solve the problem,

• was the tutoring session
• a successful ?
• b unsuccessful ?
• c impossible to judge without more information ?

13
What is the facultys1 complaint about tutors ?

• a tutors who dont show up on timeand who
  socialize with friends during tutoring sessions
• b tutors who do the students homeworkand
  take-home tests
• c tutors who dont turn in their time sheets on
  time
• d tutors who eat onions and garlic just before
  tutoring

(math gigolos)
14
How the class is organized

• Not too much heavy reading, but high
  expectations for assignments discussions (Be
  ready to share your experiences concerns)
• Attendance participation (in class online)
  is essential to your learning, and is part of
  your grade

15
How the class is organized

• Review greensheet and website before class
• Submit assignments online BEFORE class, so
  you will be prepared for class discussions
• Go to the website regularly and post to
  Forums Dialogue Chamber (Have you posted
  assignment 1 yet ? Have you responded to
  someone elses assignment 1 ?)
• Some assignments involve other students or
  staff, and require advance planning (ie.
  observation videotaping, final group project)

16
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• Like a good movie,a good tutoring session should
  have
• a good beginning,
• a good middle
• and a good ending

17
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• A good beginning
• Greet
• Establish Trust
• Define the Task

18
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• A good middle
• (The Five Step Method)
• Check that problem is written correctly
• Have student explain their method for solving
• Reinforce correct logic, identify incorrect
  logic,ask student for alternatives (hints OK,
  but delay explanations until student offers guess
  how to correct)
• Have student re-explain entire procedure (ask
  WHW)
• Have student work independently on next problem

19
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• A good ending
• Finish up with genuine positive feedbackand
  encouragement

20
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method
21
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• In your groups,practice the Tutoring Process
  the Five Step Method
• 10 minutes per session (1 session per group
  member ? 3 or 4 sessions)
• each session, one person plays the tutor, one
  person plays the student, remaining people
  observe and analyze the session
• tutor should try to incorporate as many items
  from the Tutoring Process The Five Step
  Method handouts
• 7 minutes for tutoring 3 minutes for observers
  to report what parts of Tutoring Process
  Five Step Method were done well, what parts
  were done not so well

22
The Tutoring Process The Five Step Method

• Debrief
• Did the tutors set up a good beginning to the
  sessions ?
• Did the tutors use the Five Step Method ?
• Did the tutors wrap up on a positive note ?What
  did the tutors miss/not do ?
• What parts of the Process Method were easiest
  to do ?
• What parts were hardest to do ?

23
Next weekApplying the Theory

• Active Listening Getting Beyond Plug
  ChugRead the greensheet for complete list of
  homework
• Read the handouts (pages 2, 4 to 8)
• Do/Post Assignment 2 (Tutoring Process
  Reflection)
• Respond to other students Assignment 1
• Watch online videos listed in greensheet
• Plan ahead for later assignments/final project
• (see greensheet)