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<div> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nicole I completely agree-- Better late than never... <br>
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What can I say buy Phew! These are very dense, heavy loaded chapters. Many techniques, and ideas that could all work in theory. There lies the beauty of theory-it must be proven. As a tutor we have the opportunity to prove or disprove all these concepts. One of the interesting things I find in reading the chapters is the way they show the different types of learning. I often wondered at times how my education could have been better if teachers would have been in tuned with the various learning styles. This is a subject that I have been interested in for quite some time and reading this book and other tutoring materials is assisting me in exploring this further. The interest stemmed from personal experiences and seeing how at times all it took was a diagram instead of a teacher constantly repeating herself over and over for me to "get it". As a tutor I often wonder if the student is hearing me or just hearing, " outline blah blah blah, coordinating conjunction...blah blah blah....nouns, verbs, content...oh our time is up". So I really try to see what works for them, when does their "ah ha" moment occur for them and how did we get there.<br>
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Freewriting--foe or friend?<br>
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I think maybe because we are such goal oriented people we might feel like free writing is a waste of time. And trust me I know the feeling of waiting and watching as a student free writes in front of me. But I figure it's better than the two of us just glancing into each other's eyes. So why not write-especially if the student has come with nothing to work on. So far I have had a lot of these sessions where the student just doesn't know where to start and free writing is almost a necessity. Maybe to us it feels as if we have not produced a completed paper but to students who don't know where to start or what to write that session could be worth more than we could ever imagine.<br>
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