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Peter Sullivan – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
The availability of tutors in schools is a privilege and an opportunity to support those students who may be sufficiently far behind the expected level that it is difficult for the classroom teacher to bridge the gap. The challenge for schools is to find ways to guide the work of tutors and teachers to improve chances that supported students can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Tutors, Academic Support Services
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Truuvert, Toomas – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article outlines the trial of a programme to enhance tutorial learning experiences by raising sessional-tutor awareness about learning, and reflects on its results. The author developed the programme for an introductory undergraduate unit in finance with historically very large enrolments, diverse student populations, and high failure rates.…
Descriptors: Tutor Training, Tutors, Teaching Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Calma, Angelito; Eggins, Mark – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
This paper investigates how a peer-connected tutor training program can lead to quality enhancement by helping tutors to develop more effective teaching strategies and promoting better learning approaches among business students. It uses 2007-2010 evaluation data from 343 program participants from accounting, economics, finance and management and…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Tutoring, Teaching Methods, Tutors