AVID Tutorial
EQ: What is a tutorial and how can it help me academically?
Tutorial Guidelines
- NO cell phones
- no side convo
- be respectful
- participate
- Be prepared
- Have notes/book out
- Use the purple pens
End of tutorial
Last ten minutes of class
30 second speech
- Read Question generated by POC
- My question from my pre-work is...
- My question from my POC is....
- Share what you know about your Q
- The vocabulary I needed to know to do my pre-work and write my Q is....
- What I know about my question is....
- Share your pre-work
- Last night I was able to complete.....
- This is as far as I was able to do it on my own....
- Share your POC
- My POC is.....
- What I don't understand is.....
- Ask group members to begin questioning process
- What questions do you have to assist me in understanding my POC?
- Each student in the group will share what they learned during tutorial that day.
- If students have not used the purple pens to add info to their existing class notes they should do it at this time
- Each student will write a reflection about what they learned during tutorial using the tutorial reflection questions
- TRFs will be given to the tutor to grade
- students keep tutorial notes to use for binder check
During Tutorial
If you do not know
to start your problem
you must provide an
example of a similar
problem
Before the Tutorial
- At the beginning each student will read their topic & POC
- For example: "My question is about ______ and my POC is _______"
- 1st student will go up to board and write their info using the correct set-up
- White board set-up: http://bit.ly/2bpWs7S
- 30 sec speech explaining the pre-work and the POC is then given
- The group then asks higher level questions guiding student to solution
- Every student must have notes and/or books out and must be writing what is written on the board
- Before the steps are written the presenter must AHA! moment using an "!" on the board
- Presenter will write the steps taken to find the solution and explain why these steps were taken. They will also explain what they learned about their POC
- Day before tutorial students must complete a TRF using a question from their homework, notes, or classwork
- Students will bring in 1 question they are having difficulty understanding
- ALL parts of TRF must be filled out
- Source of question and vocabulary must be provided
- Students must have notes from core subjects and/or an example of a similar question
What is a Tutorial?
- The purpose of tutorials is for students to learn how to collaborate with others to arrive at a solution and deeper understanding of the question on the TRF