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Tutor: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (opens the original)
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The more tutors see the critical coaching element in the work we do, the more we can learn from celebrated coaches. Let’s face it… society doesn’t really celebrate tutors, does it?John Wooden won 10 national championships in 12 years with the UCLA men’s basketball team, so he clearly knew a thing or two about cultivating success. In fact, by his count, he knew eight things: the legendary John Wooden’s 8 Laws of Learning. Luckily, these laws are easy to remember:ExplanationDemonstrationImitation
Tutor: Quality in Tutoring (opens the original)
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I was fortunate enough to enjoy a wide-ranging discussion about education with Jam Mirzakhalov recently. Many educators know Jam well as the brilliant creator of StudySpaces, one of the top online platforms test prep and tutoring companies use to run their curriculum, assessments, and student experience in one place–full disclosure: I use and appreciate StudySpaces in a variety of ways. But Jam has also entered the heady world of podcasting recently as the host of <a href="https://open.spotify.c
Tutor: Perfectionism is About Fear (opens the original)
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One of the most challenging student archetypes every tutor inevitably encounters is the perfectionist. Diligence, determination, and desire to excel are traits most successful learners embody, but perfectionists prove again and again the downsides of too much of a good thing. That commitment to flawless work turns into anxiety over making even the smallest mistakes. At some point, the devil on the perfectionist’s shoulder advises not trying at all to minimize the risks of ego-crushing error.With
Tutor: The Answers Are Not Enough (opens the original)
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Have you ever experienced one of those instances where two seemingly unrelated problems juxtapose to trigger a broader insight that illuminates the solution to both? When you do, you’ll want to share your discovery with others. Here’s how such an asynchronous synchronicity unfolded for me:I had a new student show up for a review of a Bluebook SAT who reviewed all the explanations for the ones she answered incorrectly before our session.I’ve grappled literally for years with the challenge of crea
Tutor: Write a Problem Down Clearly (opens the original)
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In our digitally driven world, handwriting has become a deprecated skill, which is giving the cursive crowd fits. Even highly literate professionals can go days without putting pen to paper. This aversion to manual transcription extends to math as well, where highly advanced physical and digital calculators obviate many steps in the problem solving process.Note the word “many” instead of “all” in the previous sentence.Calculators cannot, as I routinely inform my students, tell you how to solve a
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