Tuition is becoming a common phenomenon as most students these days cannot seem to excel in examinations without some sort of external help. Tutoring services are also increasing in number and existing agencies are expanding themselves. It requires consistent effort in order for students to see some results. Until then, they need to have the patience and confidence that they can do well.
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Here’s how a tutor can improve children’s academic performance.
CUSTOMISED TEACHING
A good tutor will be able to identify problem areas that the student has. Many students are willing to put in the time and effort to improve but are still unable to successfully do so as they are not aware of their own flaws. It will be difficult for students to improve efficiently without understanding which aspects exactly they have to improve on. Tutors can help students identify these weaknesses and misconceptions based on the homework and exercises they give their students to do.
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Tutors can then modify their teaching methods and also give their students modified study materials so that these weaknesses can be targeted and corrected. Without these extra study materials and help from the tutor, many students will find it difficult to improve especially when the content they learn gets harder.
LEARNING AT ONE’S OWN PACE
Tuition provides a setting that allows students to learn at their own pace. In school, teachers generally teach at a pace that they think will be suitable for the general student population. Moreover, they are also forced to complete the syllabus in a specific time period and even make time for students to practice and correct their mistakes.
With all this time pressure, lessons in school end up being too overwhelming and fast for students to follow which significantly affects their learning. Tutors, however, will understand the pace that they will need to teach at so that the learning of the student will be ideal. Ironically, teaching slower will end up allowing students to learn at a faster pace and more effectively.
ATTENTION
Students will be given much more attention during tuition as compared to in school, regardless of whether the student is attending one-on-one tuition or at a tuition centre. In a school, teachers have to handle a few dozen students at once and it will be impossible to give each and every one of them the attention they need to learn well. Some students may have questions and may be too afraid to ask either because they are shy or worried that they will interfere with the lesson.
Even if students ask questions, the teacher may not have enough time to answer all of them and in the end most students leave the class with more doubts than answers. Tuition tutors, especially those teaching one to one, will be able to clarify any doubts the students have especially since they are also specialised to do so.
DEDICATED TIME
Tuition can help students dedicate time to studying on a regular basis. Many students go back home just to play sports or video games instead of revising what they had learnt that day. They end up procrastinating all their study until right before tests and examinations which affects their final grades. Some students put in the effort to study and revise regularly but the quantity and quality is insufficient.
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Tutors can help students form a daily or weekly study plan so that they can learn and revise the necessary content to be able to perform well for any quiz and test no matter when it is. Tuition lessons itself can act as a time period for revision. Overall, students tend to plan their time more wisely and dedicate time to studying if they have a good tutor that motivates them to do so.
STUDY MATERIALS
Tutors have access to a wide variety of study materials which can be very helpful to practice for important tests and examinations. The study materials given in school are always limited no matter how many assessment books and papers they give. The questions in these materials may not be varied and may not help to solve certain questions in examinations, especially application-based questions.
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Sometimes diving deeper into a subject can help students understand its fundamentals at a higher level. Tutors can help students achieve this higher level of understanding by picking practice papers related to the topics that the students are learning.
If necessary, tutors can also teach the subject at a more advanced level than in school for students who are willing to put in the extra effort!