Assignment 2: Five Steps to Being an Effective Tutor

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1. How do you prepare yourself for the first tutoring session?

2. Step Two refers to shaping the environment. What does that mean?

3. There are several ingredients for a good tutoring session. Which one will be the most difficult for you? Why?

4. How can you know your client's strengths and weaknesses?

5. During the first tutoring session, you realize the tutee is there for you to do his/her homework. How do you respond to the tutee?

6. Give an example of an assignment you might give your tutee, and give an example of comments you might use to end a tutoring session.