One tutoring situation I had this week would be when I
helped a student with Math-140. It went relatively successful but there were a
couple of problems that I was faced with that I didn’t know the answer to. I responded
by skipping the problem and helping the tutee with other problems he had and I
told him that I would work on that problem and have an answer for him for the
next session. I believe this was a good way to respond to something you don’t
know as a tutor. This allows the tutee to keep working on the work that is in
front of him or her without any distractions without forgetting about the
problem all together. This allows the tutee to work on it during their free
time to find an answer for the student. I would tell tutees that it is okay to
admit to the tutee that you don’t know an answer. It will create a trusting
relationship plus give the tutee the feeling that it isn’t just him or her that
doesn’t know the problems. However, it only helps the tutee if you find out the
answer the suggested problem.
That was a great way to proceed with the problem. What was really beneficial was not interrupting the entire session by trying to figure it out. Getting back to the problem the next time you saw the tutee did not stop him from learning everything else that he needed to.
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