Tutorials

AVID creates a classroom environmentwhere kids are encouraged to take

learning seriously, and to see themselves as

scholars.

AVID also creates an environment for peer support.

What is a Tutorial?What is a Tutorial?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOt2LtJTJ-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Karate Kid Questions1. What does Miage mean by “left side ok, right side ok, middle get squished?

2. How does this apply to your AVID class?

3. According to Miage, what is the roll of a student, of a teacher?

4. Why does Miage have Daniel wash the cars, sand the floor, paint the fence and house?

5. What does washing the cars, sanding the floor, painting the fence and house have to do with Karate?

6. Does Daniel have a right to get mad at Miage? Why or why not?

7. Has Miage been following what he said the role of a teacher is?

8. How does all of this apply to your AVID class????

Karate Kid Clip

The 10 Steps of AVID Tutoring

Steps 1-3Before Tutorials

Step 1 of Tutoring

1. In their academic classes you take Cornell notes on the material presented in lectures, textbook readings, videos, and handouts.

2. After class students review their notes, create questions in the column of the left, and write a summary at the bottom of the page.

Step 2 of Tutorials

For homework the night before a tutorial, you identify a class in which you are struggling/getting a low grade in.

Write 2 higher level questions from your class work or homework. Write these 2 questions on the Tutorial Request Form.

PREPARING FORTUTORIALS

VIDEO CLIP

Step 3 of Tutorials

As you come into the room the teacher/tutor will collect the Tutorial

Request Forms. If they are completed at the beginning of class you will get a

stamp.

Students need to bring notes, textbooks, etc to help answer their

questions.

Breaking Into Tutorials

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Steps 4-7During Tutorials

Step 4 of TutorialsTeacher will place students in tutorial

groups.

Group members will sit in a semi-circle (horseshoe shape) to facilitate communication

and collaboration among every member of the group.

Step 5 of TutorialsStudents writes a

high level question on the

board and explains to group members his/her knowledge and

understanding of the question.

Step 5 of TutorialsGroup members ask questions that probe deeper into possible solutions and answers

to the question.

The group members primary goal is to direct the student to the correct answer.

The tutors responsibility is to coach/facilitate the inquiry process among group members.

Step 6 of Tutorials

Group members help the student presenter think about the answer to his/her question by asking clarifying

questions that check for understanding.

When the student presenter understands the answer to the question he/she then

communicates to the group this understanding.

Inquiry Video Clip

Step 7 of Tutorials

Steps 5 and 6 are repeated for each remaining group member.

Step 8-10After Tutorials

Step 8 of Tutorials

Following the tutorial session, all students write a refection on

what they learned that day during the tutorial

Reflections On Tutorial Video

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Step 9 of TutorialsStep 9 of Tutorials

At the end of tutorials, students turn in the Tutorial Request From to the tutor/teacher

for grading and feedback.

The tutorial is graded on:1. Levels of questions

2. Resources3. Participation4. Cornell notes5. Reflections

Step 10 of TutorialsStep 10 of TutorialsTeachers/Tutors/Students

collaborate to debrief the tutorial and its effectiveness.

Students then take what they have learned back to their content

area classes to verify their learning.

AfterTutorial Video Clip

In your tutorial group go over the Karate Kid

Questions.