A Tutor is helping a Student work a homework problem...

Passive Learning:

Tutor:

Here, let me show you how to do that.

Tutor:

What section of the textbook discusses this?

• the Tutor lectures or explains without engaging the Student with questions.
• the Tutor answers the Student's questions rather than asking the Student to call upon prior knolwedge and skill to try to figure them out, or to consult the lecture notes, textbook, or other reference materials.
• the Tutor solves homework problems rather than asking the Student to solve them.

the Student does something to participate in learning to seek mastery of the material. Tutors foster active learning by structuring activities that require Students to do the work. This...

• makes Tutoring more interesting and fun.
• fosters appreciation of learning.
• helps Students practice self-expression, critical thinking, and self-initiated inquiry.

• The Prompt-Response Method
• The Tutor's Bag of Tricks