One of the best ways to keep students engaged is with visual and practical learning. This is more so the case for students who are visual learners. Whether you’re tutoring online or face to face, there are unlimited opportunities to integrate visual cues that can help make the session more interesting.

For example, you could use the interactive whiteboard to display photos, videos and audio clips to help the student digest and understand the information better. As a tutor, you’re going to work with numerous students with varying academic abilities, sometimes several students at a time.

Differentiation is one of the strategies that tutors use to get the most out of their students. One of the best ways for a student to learn is to do something independently. It is also the only way to be sure that they have understood the concept. After doing your bit, you should let the student apply what they have learnt. If it is a math problem, let them do a problem or two on their own. You can then have a look at it and go over it step by step correcting areas where they made a mistake.