I have experience tutoring students in secondary schools, ranging from ages 12-18, in small groups and one-on-one sessions. This work mainly consisted of the students telling me a specific area of difficulty they had which I addressed by walking them through some of the theory beforehand, then moving into examples which I can work through. Therefore I find it most helpful when I am given a particular area that the student wants to focus on before the lesson so I can prepare material for that topic (or, the student can provide some material that they want specific help with).

In general, my approach is to understand the initial thoughts of the students on how they might approach the problem then, if they seem to be struggling, I can explain my thought process and how I would approach the problem. For online lessons I will have a screen that both me and the student can see where I write all my thoughts and notes for solving the question being done (which I can give the student a copy of after the lesson if they would like one). Students can also share their screen and write their own notes as well if they want, or they can explain their process to me where I can then write this down on my shared screen. I will always try to get them to solve questions themselves and give them clues or hints if they find themselves stuck at certain points as the only way to properly learn is by doing the question independently.