Knight - Module 9 Tutoring Situation

One tutoring situation that I had this week involved me explaining how to solve a math problem. I used the Problem Solving Techniques because I was helping the student solve a problem. What I did is I started at the beginning. I listed all the important information in the question that he would use when he goes to solve the problem. I labeled the information so that he could understand where I would place each number in the formula and then I wrote down the formula that I would use. From there, I began to solve the problem in steps. Each step I would explain what I did and even wrote down what I was doing on the paper. This helped him to understand what I was doing and how the problem can be solved. What I would like to do for the next session is to have handouts that will help the student set up his problems in the future. This will allow him to have something to look at when he goes to work on future problems and will give him a reference for when he gets stuck on a tough problem.