2019 Education magazine

2019 “Education making a difference” LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 Page 27 Tutoring is beneficial in multiple ways for students. The obvious is an improvement in grades and class performance. But this is not the only benefit. The thing that students often lack when it comes to school work is confidence. Sometimes, a student needs to hear from an outside source that struggling with learning is perfectly okay. Teachers and parents may tell them these things, but for some students, it sounds inauthentic. Additionally, sometimes the student needs another set of eyes to actually look at their work. Teachers sometimes forget that some students really need lesson material broken down to its absolute simplest terms, and a tutor can often do that, explaining material in a much more understandable manner. Finally, tutoring sessions let students know that there is a support structure in place to guide them and help. Students get an idea sometimes that everything in school has to be accomplished alone, and that simply isn’t true. Tutoring lets students know that there are people available to lend a hand in their education, and they shouldn’t have to be afraid to learn. [Derek Hurley has been a professional English tutor for a number years and he teaches college English classes.] Sources Goetz, Halina. “What Tutoring Is and What Tutoring Is Not. - Defining and Choosing a Good, Effective Tutor.” Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 9 Feb. 2016, blogs.chapman.edu/ scst/2016/02/09/what-tutoring-is-and-what- tutoring-is-not/. Hyken, Russel. “Does Your Child Need Extra Help With Schoolwork?” U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 6 Oct. 2017, health.usnews.com/wellness/for- parents/articles/2017-10-06/does-your-child- need-extra-help-with-schoolwork. McGraw, Carole. “Four Steps to Finding an Excellent Tutor for Your Child.” Reading Rockets, 7 Nov. 2013, www.readingrockets. org/article/four-steps-finding-excellent-tutor- your-child.