February 3, 2012 by tcardin
The importance of tutoring
When our children are young, it is important to cultivate a deep love of learning in them. Many times, our children are very receptive to the idea of learning, but often, for those children who struggle with a simplified educational process, the idea of learning is a turn-off. Parents should not fear because there are multiple things that can be done to foster or alter their child’s desire for learning.
One of those things that would positively benefit children who lag further behind the learning curve than their peers is tutoring. Tutoring can come in many forms and most always should be customized to meet the personal and educational goals of the participant. For this reason, a one-on-one tutoring situation is ideal. Trained professionals with a broad spectrum of teaching techniques can accommodate a student’s strengths and weaknesses while assisting that student along the road to educational proficiency or better yet, educational excellence. A teacher, who assesses a student’s needs and abilities and can cater their teaching style to suit those needs, will enable a student to reach educational success.
In addition, many children, in a small group or in a one-on-one tutoring environment, will be freer to conquer their learning weaknesses head on due to the relaxed atmosphere. Statistics show that children are more apt to meet or exceed learning objectives if the environment they are learning in is conducive to productive learning. When a student is in a pressure-free educational setting, they usually have the ability to stay on task. In the end, the results are often times astounding.
All adults are wishing for not only academic success for their children, but also a mastery of subject matter. Lessons learned well early in life serve as a foundation or building block for what is to come in the future. If students do not build that solid foundation early in life, they often times struggle throughout their remaining educational career. Therefore, as parents, it is in all children’s best interest that we set the stage for success rather than failure. If the elementary year’s success needs the extra boost from tutoring for any or all subject areas, then that is an avenue that all parents should explore.
Just because your son or daughter needs the additional assistance of a trained tutor in the early years, does not mean that they will require the assistance of a tutor throughout their entire school career. In addition, if your son or daughter always did well in the formative years and encounters a problem when they reach middle school or high school, it is never too late to find them the help that they need. Time and again, students who receive some specialized tutoring in a subject area find it easy to get back on track with their peers at school. Also, there is no magic number of sessions that a student needs to achieve a solid grasp on subject matter. That is the beauty in tutoring; the sessions are always specifically developed to meet the individual student’s needs.
We would be remiss if we only mentioned the student who is lagging behind his or her planned educational goals when we mention tutoring. Contrary to popular belief, all students can and do benefit from tutoring. There are many students who are continually looking for opportunities to get a jump-start on their upcoming classes and would relish the idea of doing that in a stress-free tutoring setting. Furthermore, as student’s climb up the educational ladder, additional tutoring situations arise. Many students work with tutors to better prepare themselves for SAT and college placement testing. Test preparation is the single best way to improve these scores.
No matter where in the educational spectrum your son or daughter falls, there are many ways through tutoring, that they could positively affect their educational outcomes.
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