Tutorials
What is a tutorial?
Small group tutorial sessions are held one to two times a week during the AVID elective class. During tutorials, the AVID elective class is divided into several tutorial groups. Under the direction and supervision of the AVID elective teacher, AVID-trained tutors, peer tutors or student leaders facilitate the discussion.
What is the purpose of tutorials?
* Create deeper understanding of concepts covered in core content class
* Develop skills necessary to become self-directed learners.
* It's not just homework help.
What are the goals of the tutorial process?
* To push each other's thinking. AVID tutorials use an inquiry process.
* Tutors do not give the answers. They facilitate the groups' learning process.
* Tutors don't teach the answers. They ask more questions. This is called the Socratic method.
CLICK ON THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS SHOWN BELOW TO VIEW OR PRINT FOR THE AVID CLASS
Costa_Content_Specific_Question_Stems.pdfCosta's Level of Questioning Types Per Subject
copy_of_TRF_form_completed.docxTRF Sample
Tutorial Request Form
tutorial_request_form_and_3_column_notes (2).pdf
How do AVID tutorials differ from traditional "tutoring?"
* All students must arrive at the tutorials prepared with pre-work completed and specific questions written in a Tutorial Request Form (TRF). If they believe they have no questions regarding any homework, school work, quiz or test in any of their classes, they must still attend the tutorial with a completed TRF in which they ask a question that further explores the material they are studying in any of their classes.
* Questions are high level thinking questions.
* Students work and discuss in collaborative group.
* Students must reflect on their own participation in the groups and on how the group worked together.
Students remember:
10% of what they READ
20% of what they HEAR
30% of what they SEE
50% of what they SEE, HEAR and SAY
70% of what they DISCUSS
80% of what they DO
90% of what they SAY and DO
Therefore, if you are a student and the teacher/tutor only asks you to read something, you will likely remember only a tenth of it. If the teacher/tutor is telling you how to do something, you will likely remember only a fifth of it. If the teacher/tutor is showing you how to do something, you will likely only remember half of it.