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Hi Christel, I think this is a very common issue that comes in lots of varieties. Not only is college work different than high school work, but, correspondingly, college tutoring is as well, especially if it is being provided by the institution rather than a private provider. Our goals are aligned with the institutional goals and those include independence, and self-direction. One way to communicate these expectations is by articulating how students can get the most from tutoring and what kind of tutoring will serve the student best in the long run. Our is a different kind of tutoring context, granted, but the following is one way we shape students' expectations about tutoring on campus. Best, Nic Getting the Most out of Study Hall Group Tutoring Work toward mastering concepts and skills rather than focusing on obtaining the answers to specific questions. The tutor’s role is to guide you in this process. Think ahead to the exam and use homework problems to learn the skills necessary to solve exam-level (harder than homework) questions on your own. Expect the tutors to ask you questions about the material! Explaining what you know and talking through your approach, research on learning shows, is more valuable than hearing an explanation from a tutor. Study Hall is a group tutoring format, so you will be expected—and prompted by your tutor—to work with classmates. You should definitely work independently as well, but working collaboratively offers unique opportunities to learn from others and check your understanding of concepts, techniques and specific problems Come prepared and use the group setting to achieve the mastery Princeton exams demand. Try to avoid waiting until the day before an assignment is due to seek tutoring. Many students use Study Hall to check their answers and build on their understanding AFTER completing problem sets on their own. Spend a few hours each day keeping up with your assignments; it is easier to keep up than to catch up! On Apr 26, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Christel A Taylor wrote: > I work closely with our Coordinator of Accessibility Services. We > have run into several situations recently where her students (and > their families) have expectations of tutoring that don't match what > we actually provide. For instance, one current student had a tutor > for every single class in high school. What this meant is that she > had someone work with her on all her homework, for every single > class. Rather than try to do her homework on her own and come to the > tutor with the things she found challenging, she simply always had a > tutor on hand when doing her homework. She now expects her tutor to > go through every single problem with her and is then frustrated when > they run out of time. > > We are looking for a simple way to communicate with our students and > families to help them have appropriate expectations of our tutoring > services. I thought I'd check to see if anyone on this list has > something like this already that they might be willing to share to > get my brainstorming started. > > Thanks! > Chris > > Christel Taylor > Director of Learning Services > Student Success Center - HL 122 > Mount Mary College > 2900 North Menominee River Parkway > Milwaukee, WI 53222 > > Phone: 414-258-4810, ext. 373 > Fax: 414-256-0181 > Email: [log in to unmask] > http://www.mtmary.edu/ > > ~connectedness~empathy~intellection~strategic~learner~ > > "We are learning that a standard of social ethics is not attained by > traveling a sequestered byway, but by mixing on the thronged and > common road where all must turn out for one another, and at least > see the size of one another's burdens" > > ~Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your > subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your > web browser to > http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html > > To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] __________________________________ Dominic (Nic) J. Voge [log in to unmask] (609)258-6921 http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/us/ Associate Director McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning 328C Frist Campus Center Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Individual Appointment Times: By appointment for Fall 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]