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
Video Clip
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
Clip
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.