“I just can’t seem to understand the information.” “Why do I keep getting the same grades
regardless of how hard I study?” Are
these some of the questions you hear from your students during the school
year? If you hear these questions in the
frequency that I have heard over the years, you begin to question what can be
done to help your child overcome the stress they feel to make the grades that
they are looking for. With academic
pressure at an all-time high; many parents and schools are looking for ways to
support the students that may be struggling.
A recent blog that Matthew (Matt) Key from Georgia read
suggested that parents and schools think about a few ways that they could being
to help the struggling students. The one
common aspect that parents and schools turn to is in tutoring. Although tutoring is a good method, it does
give mixed results. There are many times
when tutors try to cram as much information into one session causing a lack of
retention. In the blog, “Tutoring: How We Learn and How Study Sessions Can Be
Helpful for Teachers, Parents, and Students” Stephanie Toro suggest 4 ways that
could help increase retention and grades for these students. Getting students to prepare themselves before
they go into a tutoring session, ask student’s was is not clear, get the
students to talk more (teach the lesson to tutor), try to get them to journal.
Although this does put some ownership on the parents and
students for the preparation work before going into tutoring, Matthew (Matt)
Key from Georgia agrees with the statements in the blog. These suggestions can help increase the
retention of the material and get students to increase their success rates in
school.
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