Tutor Challenges by vpul-tutorga https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc What challenges did you run into as a tutor? en-us 2022-08-26 17:19:08 UTC 2022-10-01 15:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Last semester it was hard to get my students to give me subjects/material to work with ahead of time. They usually just told me the topics they wanted to cover at the beginning of the session even if I asked them to provide them in advance. https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322077286 2022-10-01 15:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322077286 https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322077487 I don't quite know how it is in my hands to "help someone become an independent learner". I always considered this the tutees' reponsibility.

]]> 2022-10-01 15:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322077487 Some of the students wouldn't work on the course material outside class or tutoring sessions, and relied solely on tutoring to study, which is not an effective study strategy. https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322078405 2022-10-01 15:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322078405 https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322078496 Also, students sometimes ask questions that they are not equipped to get answers for. (E.g. asking about advanced differentiation rules while not even understanding what differentiation per se is supposed to be/do.) How do I work with that?]]> 2022-10-01 15:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322078496 https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322079170 Some students would email me at midnight and expect me to respond the same day :( One student had my phone number and kept texting me questions at odd hours of the early morning even when I requested him to stop...]]> 2022-10-01 15:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vpultutorga/fjznafww9iaobouc/wish/2322079170