Strategic Tutoring
Training For Tutors
Thinking Together: tutoring for Lifelong Learning
“Give me a fish and I’ll eat for a day.
Teach me to fish and I’ll eat for a lifetime.”
Chinese Proverb
Trains tutors/teachers how to:
 guide
students through four instructional phases.
 teach students strategies for learning.
 help students complete assignments.
 help students become independent learners
 provide support even after tutoring has been discontinued.
Assessing
Constructing
Weaving
Building
Teaching
Transferring
Should be
directly related to
a current
assignment.
Should relate to a
key academic task
that is frequently
encountered.
Should produce a
positive outcome.
Should be easy to
remember in
student friendly
language.
Should begin with
a verb.
Critical
Features
Should be
practical and easy
to use.
Should have a
logical sequence
of steps with clear
learner behaviors.
• Secondary Students
• Attended sessions two to
three times a week
Strategic Tutoring Results:
Student Performance
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
BEFORE DURING
AFTER
University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
• I Want it Now
May 8 and 16, 2012
ESC 13
Workshop ID: SP1224233
Contact :
Becky Barrett
512-919-5634
Becky.barrett@esc13.txed.net