Timothy Agbonkpolor

I’ve been tutoring for a year now, and I have been able to learn the best way in which a lesson should be conducted. I start my lessons with a short recap (involving summary and questions) of last week’s content, to stimulate and promote retention (this lasts for about 10 minutes). We then will progress into the topic of the lesson, starting with our lesson objectives and into teaching. If a student requires just exam practice, this main section will be via past paper review instead of teaching of class material. It is always important to ask your student how they are coping and if they have any questions- and I do this frequently within our lesson, so a student feels comfortable to express areas of difficulty. After our teaching/review time, I have a brief “problem-targeting” period, with fast paced questions on the content taught and maybe a short video, so the student can hear the material from another voice- again to build retention and understanding.
Through all this, the aim is to support remembrance of the material taught and provide the student with the skills and agility to approach exam questions where the topic isn’t always obvious.