The Tutor Age
Tutors fill need for
parents concerned
about the quality of
public education.
Newsweek;
3/30/1998;
Adler, Jerry
Read at High Beam
Use the links below to help you decide if tutoring is right for
your child. These outside links will open in a new window.
Simply close the window to return to this page.
deserve the Tutor
Advantage?
Tutor Advantages
Read article at InfoBeagle.
In General, Tutoring:
- Increases mastery of academic skills (Miller, Kohler, Ezell, Hoe1, & Strain, 1993; Kalkowski, 1995; Martino, 1993; Topping, 1988).
- Improves self-esteem and self-confidence (Rekrut, 1994; Kalkowski, 1995; Gaustad, 1992).
- Improves students' attitudes toward school: reduces dropout rates, truancies, and tardies (Kalkowski, 1995; Cotton, 1989; Martino, 1993).
- Breaks down social barriers and creates new friendships (Miller et al., 1993; Kalkowski, 1995; Cotton, 1989).
- Provides emotional support and positive role models (Martino, 1993).
The Tutees Receive:
- Individual instruction—lessons are tailored to individual students' learning styles and levels of understanding (Martino, 1993;
Gaustad, 1992; Topping, 1988). - Instruction free of competition—students progress at their own pace (Gaustad, 1992; Topping, 1988).
- Private instruction, apart from whole class instruction (Gaustad, 1992; Topping, 1988).
- Increased praise, feedback, and encouragement over what they might receive from one teacher (Topping, 1988).
- Closer monitoring (from the teacher and tutor) that maximizes time on task (Topping, 1988).
- Skills demonstrated instead of just verbalized (Topping, 1988).
- Companionship (Topping, 1988; Martino, 1993; Miller et al., 1993; Kalkowski, 1995; Cotton, 1989).
Jennifer Fager
October 1996
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
 | |  | |  | |  | |  |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  |
Academic Consulting and Tutoring
(321) 960-8109
Melbourne, FL 32935
tutor@thetutoradvantage.com
