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2. Read the list of Learning Goals
3. Do the Journal writing assignment before reading the chapter
4. Read Tutor Tutor's web pages on "Group Tutoring"
5. Respond to the Study Questions

Learning Goals

1. list the advantages of group tutoring
2. describe how to arrange the seating of students for maximum effectiveness
3. explain four ways to facilitate group interaction
4. state how to facilitate enhancing self-esteem among student in a tutoring group

Journal writing assignment

1. What concerns about group tutoring might students have before beginning it?
2. From your personal experience, identify three teaching characteristics of instructors who are good at conducting class discussions and explain how those characteristics contribute to success.
3. How will you feel if one students in your group does poorly in the course for which you are tutoring him or her while all the others do well?
4. How will you approach the group tutoring situation in which one member of the group is woefully underprepared or unable to do college work and therefore slows the entire group's progress?
5. How will you approach the group tutoring situation in which one member of the group is disruptive (eg: tardy, aggressive, unprepared) to the point of causing dissention among the students in the group?

Study Questions

1. List and explain three advantages of group tutoring
2. What does inclusive seating mean?
3. What are the advantages of having students in group tutoring explaining and talking rather than listening to the tutor?
4. List two ways a tutor in a group tutoring situation can equalize talk time among the students.
5. Explain the ways that summarizing the contributions of all students in a group enhances the group tutoring experience.