Second Tutoring Session Observation
The Second Tutoring session was one I really enjoyed observing because the tutor really seemed to know what she was doing and was a session I could really benefit from. The tutor I was observing had to help two students at the same time. I could not imagine doing something like that would be easy but the tutor made it seem like it was nothing out of the ordinary. The first thing I noticed was the tutors posture, she was in the middle of both students and never slouched or gave her full back to one student while talking to the other. She introduced herself to both students and then proceded to ask one student at a time questions about their paper. She asked what the essay was about, what are the problems they are most concerned with, and if the professor had already seen it or not. Both students needed to write a response essay to an article so the tutor first read the article then the essay. The only sign of something "negative" was that the tutor read silent to herself. She might have been doing it for time sake, because maybe having the student read out-loud would be too time consuming on a session for two people, but she didn't take too long reading it either way so the silence wasn't too long.
For the first student, The tutors first concern with the essay was the structure, specifically having different paragraphs for each point stated in the introduction, and organizing the ideas on the essay in general. The tutor showed the student a basic outline for an essay paragraph ( Topic sentence, Reference article, follow with examples/ personal statement). Using what was already written in the essay, the tutor and the students brainstormed together what parts of the essay should go where according to the outline they just made. By the end, the student had an organized new draft outline and only had to think of what to add to the conclusion paragraph. The tutor left the first student to think of the conclusion and focused on the second one. She again read the essay and article independently and then focused on making the main idea more concrete. The tutor again brainstormed with this new student to help her clear up her main idea and would return tot he article to show examples the reference to throughout the essay. While organizing their ideas the tutor would allow the students to talk through what they were thinking and the tutor would connect it back to the paper. The new student also had a new essay outline by the time the tutor was done talking with her.
By the end, the first student finished the body outline and was ready to rewrite her draft. The second student had different ways to complete the essay and the tutor helped her brainstorm two outline options. Also the second student said she would come back for more help because she enjoyed this session and found it extremely helpful. This tutor was very nice the whole time to both students and gave them her absolute attention and focused on Higher Order Concerns the whole time. She had a student centered tutoring sessions by allowing the students to guide the outline with their thoughts instead of just flat out telling them what to write. Overall I believe this session was very beneficial for me and I learned a lot of skills that I will be able to use in the future.
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