private tuition
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limlim:
I ask my dd to mark her self using answer key since p4, except fr OE. We only go through the wrong one , even before teaching her hw to answer the wrong one correctly i wd ask her to go through a detailed solution answer key to figure out her self hw to solve it, only when she does not understand i will help her by asking questions that would prompt her to think n lead her to understand the concept instead of spoon feeding her by telling her what to do. It is better to train the kids to be able to learn independently to prepare her better for secondary (i thinkIvy_lim:
Had another tutor only know how to go through science text book and marking assessment book (with answer sheet) and not teaching my kid on how to answer science open-ended questions.
Normally, I ask the secondary students to mark themselves (to let them learn to be independent), and then those questions that was answered wrongly or unable to answer, we can focus on that.
I feel it is more productive this way.
Tutors are engaged to teach the kids, to train them.. not to mark questions. Why spend money to pay tutors to mark questions if the answer sheet is available. Worse if the tutors NEED the answer sheet to mark all the questions.. something is very wrong....
Unless the students doesn't know better for his/her own good and cannot be trusted.. then the tutors need to mark the papers, or maybe even the parents can mark it, then ask the tutor to explain to the kids those that he got it wrong.
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I think my kid’s tutor was trying to turn the tuition into a coaching
session instead.
I hv suggested to hv tuition on alternate week for subject A and subject B
But was rejected and yet she says that my kid can ask questionss beyond Sub A and B. -
Herbie:
u mean u wanted the tutor to teach ahead of classroom lessons? :?I think my kid's tutor was trying to turn the tuition into a coaching
session instead.
I hv suggested to hv tuition on alternate week for subject A and subject B
But was rejected and yet she says that my kid can ask questionss beyond Sub A and B. -
No lah! How to b ahead of classroom lesson
when the sch teacher barely teach.
My kid has two fairly weak subject.
So i suggested to the tutor to teach subject a this week and next week teach
subject b then back to a again. -
Herbie:
please share with us what the school teachers do / did not do when they \"barely teach\" ? what does the teacher do when not doing teaching ? busy controlling the class ? discipline issue ? chit chatting with the boys and girls ? absent from school ?No lah! How to b ahead of classroom lesson
when the sch teacher barely teach.
My kid has two fairly weak subject.
So i suggested to the tutor to teach subject a this week and next week teach
subject b then back to a again. -
verykiasu2010:
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32518
please share with us what the school teachers do / did not do when they \"barely teach\" ? what does the teacher do when not doing teaching ? busy controlling the class ? discipline issue ? chit chatting with the boys and girls ? absent from school ?Herbie:
No lah! How to b ahead of classroom lesson
when the sch teacher barely teach.
My kid has two fairly weak subject.
So i suggested to the tutor to teach subject a this week and next week teach
subject b then back to a again. -
Am very curious…when choosing the home tutors for Maths. Do you only look at those with Maths Qualification eg. Uni/Undergrads from which faculty? Must major in Maths?
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BeContented:
Experience is the most important. Math tutor must be able to teach more than 1 method i.e. model or algebra or.... Must be flexible to adopt the appropriate method depending on the kids' inclination. Math tutor must be able to group questions and solving methods into types. Then the kid can look at each question in a different light i.e. recognising the type, rather than trying to solve heuristically.Am very curious.....when choosing the home tutors for Maths. Do you only look at those with Maths Qualification eg. Uni/Undergrads from which faculty? Must major in Maths?
I think those are the basic requirements. -
Herbie:
There's a private tutor who suggest a parent fr her kid to hv tuition 2 x a week for the same subject instead of once a wk as the kid is weak on that subject n said that it is common for p6 kids to hv tuition 3x a week fr a weak subject ? What if a kid hv more than one weak subject :?I think my kid's tutor was trying to turn the tuition into a coaching
session instead.
I hv suggested to hv tuition on alternate week for subject A and subject B
But was rejected and yet she says that my kid can ask questionss beyond Sub A and B. -
blessed777:
What if a kid hv more than one weak subject :?
one word....HABIS!!
juz kidding!
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