Team Discussion: Building Background Knowledge

This team discussion topic comes from, Andrew Bregman,  one of our Tutor Quality Managers:

“As a fifth year electrical engineering student, I am very familiar with how difficult it can sometimes be to explain a topic in such a way that no missing gaps are present. All too often in my classes a professor will be explaining some broad concept and then completely graze by a sub topic that perhaps is obvious to HIM, but the rest of the class is oblivious to! This is really a challenge when teaching.

So how do YOU ensure that when you are tutoring a student you don’t just completely jump over a topic that they do not understand at all?

In what ways can you ensure that a student doesn’t arrive at a solution without understanding all of the underlying ideas behind it?”

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Share your perspective in the comments below!

 

— Team Yup

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Team Discussion: Session “U-Turn”

Happy Friday, everyone!

This team discussion topic comes from one of our Tutor Quality Managers, Sharon Matsuoka:

“How have you been able to successfully turn around a bad session (a session that was going nowhere or a student that was uncooperative)?”

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Share you own experience in the comments below and have a great weekend!

 

— Team Yup

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Team Discussion: Filling the Gaps

This team discussion topic comes from Bharathi Vavilakolanu, a Yup math tutor who has been teaching with us for over a year:

 “How would you teach a student to sketch a graph of   3 sin x   in an online session of 30 minutes when he/she is not aware of how to sketch a graph and has no idea of trigonometric functions?

In extension, how should we handle students in an online session of short duration who ask advanced questions but are not aware of the basic concepts?

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yup_discussWhat do you find works well in a situation like this? What doesn’t work well? Share your perspective in the comments below!

— Team Yup

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Tutor Contribution: What Exactly Is Common Core?

Our first tutor contributed article comes from Sharon Matsuoka, a Yup Tutor Quality Manager and math tutor who has been with us for over a year. Sharon takes a closer look at America’s recently implemented Common Core Standards and why they should be seen as a positive change rather than a cause for anxiety.

“Common Core” – By Sharon Matsuoka

Great insight Sharon– thanks for sharing your perspective with us! It’s a shame that these standards often get a bad rap due to misinformation. Share your own thoughts about Sharon’s article below!

Want to share your personal views on an education-related matter with the tutor community? Email us at tutor.support@yup.com!

— Team Yup

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Team Discussion: Student in Distress

Hope you’re having a great week, tutors!

This team discussion topic comes from Rowena-Reneé Xymines, a Yup Senior Tutor who has been teaching math with us since day one:

 

“How do you refocus a session when a student goes into full-on depression mode about ‘sucking’ at math?”

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yup_discussWhat do you find works well in a situation like this? What doesn’t work well? Share your perspective in the comments below!

— Team Yup

P.S. Don’t forget to email us with your own suggestions for discussion topics! See our Tutor Contribution post for more information. ?

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