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When Tutoring Isn't Working: 7 Signs It's Time to Change Teachers

How to understand that lessons with a tutor do not work: lack of purpose, dependence on tips, repeated mistakes and weak feedback.

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Contents

  1. Evidence #1 - no one can formulate a goal
  2. Proof #2: Diagnosis is a thing of the past
  3. Evidence #3: Lesson Became a Homework Service
  4. Evidence #4: The student becomes addicted
  5. Proof #5 - the error is repeated, the method is not
  6. Evidence #6 - feedback blurred
  7. Evidence #7: Relationships interfere with learning
  8. Before changing teachers
  9. When the conversation is appropriate and when it is not necessary to wait
  10. The main criterion

One bad lesson proves nothing. Even a strong teacher can choose an exercise that doesn’t work. Therefore, we evaluate not an episode, but a recurring system.

Evidence #1 - no one can formulate a goal

If after a month the answer is “well, we’re doing math,” progress is almost impossible to measure.

Proof #2: Diagnosis is a thing of the past

The student changes, so the individual program must also respond to the results.

Evidence #3: Lesson Became a Homework Service

Sometimes it is necessary, but if the entire hour is spent only on current school assignments, the root of the problem can remain intact.

Evidence #4: The student becomes addicted

  • The teacher prompts you instantly.
  • It works in class.
  • Without a teacher, the result falls sharply.
  • The child stops trying on his own.

Proof #5 - the error is repeated, the method is not

Repeating the same explanation louder is not a new pedagogical approach.

Evidence #6 - feedback blurred

Blurred.Specifically.
"It's okay."“Equations are more stable, but fractions are slowing down.”
"We need to study more."You need to practice a specific type of task 3 times.
"There's progress."Now solves 8/10 problems without prompting.

Evidence #7: Relationships interfere with learning

Fear of questioning, rudeness, humiliation, or trespassing cannot be attributed to “strict style.”

Before changing teachers

  1. Ask him how he assesses the current point.
  2. Ask them to formulate a goal.
  3. Find out what is hindering progress.
  4. Ask him what he wants to change.
  5. Find out how to check the effect of the change.

When the conversation is appropriate and when it is not necessary to wait

SituationAction.
Methodological problemDiscuss and give measurable time
No clear purpose.Harmonize her.
Violation of security or bordersStop class.

The main criterion

  • The student understands more.
  • Doing more on their own;
  • Know your own weaknesses;
  • It depends on tips less, not more.

If the number of lessons is growing, but independence is not, this is an important reason to reconsider not only the teacher, but also the model of classes.

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