What’s known about tutoring

A team of researchers spent a decade videotaping expert tutors teaching basic math to kids, one on one. They found some tutors are better than others—much better, as measured by both math tests and student motivation. And by studying the video, they learned why.

These slides accompanied a talk I gave at Nashville Code Co-op Talk Day, March 30, 2013. http://www.nashvillecode.org/events/2013-march/

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2. 87
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3. 87
   x 43
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   32
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4. 87
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   32
   Your answer is wrong.
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5. 87
   x 43
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   32
   Your answer is wrong.
   Possible causes of error:
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6. 87
   x 43
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   32
   Your answer is wrong.
   Possible causes of error:
   1. You multiplied the number in the
   multiplicand by the number directly
   beneath it in the multiplier, and you
   wrote down the carried number, ignoring
   the units number.
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7. What’s known about
   tutoring
   Jason Orendorff @jorendorff
   Nashville Code Co-op
   Talk Day, 30 March 2013
   

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8. Mark Lepper
   Stanford University
   Maria Woolverton
   Georgetown University
   Medical Center
   

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10. expert tutors are out there
    

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11. expert tutors are out there
    …and they have a plan
    

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12. Math knowledge
    

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13. Questions, not directions
    

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14. Hints, not answers
    

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15. Productive vs.
    non-productive errors
    

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17. Knowledge
    

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18. Knowledge
    Questions
    

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19. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    

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20. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    Productive errors
    

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21. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    Productive errors
    

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22. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    Productive errors
    the Socratic method
    

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23. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    Productive errors
    the Socratic method
    Computers can’t do this yet :(
    

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25. Rapport
    

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26. Rapport
    Warmth
    

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27. Rapport
    Warmth
    Confidence
    

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28. Rapport
    Warmth
    Confidence
    Challenge
    

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29. Rapport
    Warmth
    Confidence
    Challenge
    Indirect feedback
    

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30. Motivation
    

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31. Knowledge
    Questions
    Hints, not answers
    Productive errors
    

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35. ~$ _
    

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