Build students’ confidence and competence with tutoring strategies that spark meaningful, accelerated learning. Tutoring is much more than telling students information. Effective tutoring begins with the strong and caring relationship a tutor establishes with a learner to build trust, fuel motivation, and drive critical learning. How Tutoring Works distills the complexity of strategic moves effective tutors make to build students’ confidence and competence. Harnessing decades of Visible Learning® research, this easy to read, eye-opening guide details the six essential components of any effective tutoring intervention—establishing a relationship and credibility, addressing student confidence and challenges, setting shared goals, helping a student learn how to learn, teaching and learning content, and establishing a habit of deliberate practice. Indispensable for any educator who intervenes with students, this rich resource includes: Examples of impactful tutoring conversations, including what to say and what not to say when building a relationship with a learner. Specific approaches to use when establishing credibility, addressing challenges to learning, leveraging the relevance of knowledge, setting goals, and ensuring practice. Learning strategies, with effect size, for teaching and learning content, including specific strategies for improving reading, writing, and mathematics. Tips and tools for helping students develop powerful cognitive, metacognitive, and affective study skills. Resources and advice for establishing an effective and transformational tutoring program. Done well, tutoring can repair a student’s damaged relationship to learning, address unrealized potential, and alter the course of a young person’s life. A strong and nurturing relationship between tutor and learner is key.

Boost confidence, reduce anxiety, and spark those "aha" moments for students through effective math tutoring! Filled with research-backed guidance for tutors to ensure students develop the confidence and skills they need, The Math Tutor′s Handbook: Strategies and Tips for Success is the ultimate guide for effective math tutoring. As national data suggest that students are falling behind in mathematics performance, the role of the math tutor is more critical than ever before. The authors bring decades of wisdom and know-how to the tutoring table. Steve Leinwand—a renowned leader in math education—and Caroline Welty—a sought-after tutor who brings current insight into today’s learners—have blended their collective experience into a comprehensive handbook that offers clear guidance for effective tutoring in grades K-12 mathematics. With their conversational style, the authors provide hands-on resources to help diagnose individuals’ mathematical strengths and needs to make sure that each tutoring session carries the necessary impact.. Through a range of activities, checklists, examples, stories, and suggestions, this handbook Focuses on the importance of personalized instruction that no computer program can match Describes how to develop strong, supportive relationships between tutor and student Identifies common stumbling blocks around the big ideas in mathematics across grade levels and suggests how to overcome them Celebrates mistakes as valuable learning opportunities to foster a deeper comprehension of mathematical concepts rather than just getting the right answer Promotes skills needed for the future, such as problem-solving and critical thinking, which are beneficial not only in future math classes but also in various aspects of life and work Let The Math Tutor′s Handbook empower you to create a positive learning environment for your students and help them boost self-confidence, reduce math anxiety, and master essential skills. Whether you are a private tutor or parent, you work in a tutoring center, or you are an in-school K-12 math teacher, coach, or specialist, this is the resource you need for the math tutoring strategies and practices that are foundational to successful learning.

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The Rowman & Littlefield Guide for Peer Tutors introduces college students to the field of peer tutoring, providing a theoretical background and practical guidance for peer tutors in higher education. Taking an innovative approach firmly grounded in the science of learning and cognition, the text guides college students in thinking critically about their work as educators and in making informed choices in working with learners. A vibrant, engaging read, the text covers topics essential for all peer tutors, across writing, mathematics, the sciences, languages, and other disciplines: the brain-based reality of learning, active and collaborative pedagogies, the role of learning centers in colleges and universities, models for tutoring, the transition to college, metacognition, study strategies, online environments, and much more. An ideal supporting text for both tutor training programs and courses for peer educators, this book provides support for learning and writing center administrators in welcoming college students to the field of peer-led learning and for tutors in the work of acting as guides and mentors to the fields of inquiry that exist within the academy.

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How to Use This BookThis book is designed to help students in grades 4 and 5 master the Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics Achievement sections of the Lower Level Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE). Over the years, the team at Manhattan Tutors has found that students are understandably overwhelmed by the enormous amount of information contained in most test prep books. The math sections tend to be particularly intimidating for students who are preparing for the test. The Manhattan Tutors Guide to the Lower Level ISEE: Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics Achievement was written with students in mind. Our streamlined guide is designed to provide students with a tailored study plan that they can use to focus their preparation and minimize the amount of time they need to get ready for the ISEE. Here's your step-by-step guide for using this book: 1. With your student, read through the ISEE Math Strategies in Part II and complete the practice problems. 2. Have your student take the first practice test in Part V. Review the questions he or she answered incorrectly, and focus your remaining time on studying those question types and math fundamentals. 3. Six weeks before the real test, take the second practice test in Part V. Compare your student's results with those from the first practice test, and identify areas of improvement and areas he or she still needs to work on. 4. Four weeks before the real test, take the diagnostic test provided by the ERB. This test, What to Expect on the Lower Level ISEE, can be found at ERBLearn.org. 5. Remember: the ISEE is just one component of a comprehensive application. Schools consider a student's grades, extracurriculars, teacher recommendations, and personal essays, so try not to stress too much over the test! Warmest regards, The Staff of Manhattan Tutors

Includes an almanac with math prefixes and suffixes, study tips, guidelines for using software, a graphing calculator, test-taking strategies and tables. For use with any math program.