Comments for Students Tutoring Students http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Assignment no.3 Learning Styles by Maximus http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/assignment-no3-learning-styles/#comment-106 Maximus Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:29:37 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/assignment-no3-learning-styles/#comment-106 I would like to see a continuation of the topic I would like to see a continuation of the topic

]]> Comment on End of training for 2007 by hadashi http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/end-of-training-for-2007/#comment-100 hadashi Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:31:20 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/end-of-training-for-2007/#comment-100 Hi Helen, thanks and farewell I shall do my best to continue with your good work. I hope that you recharge those batteries over the coming year. William Hi Helen, thanks and farewell

I shall do my best to continue with your good work. I hope that you recharge those batteries over the coming year.

William

]]> Comment on Exam Preparation: Tips and Techniques by cuinnamacbeth http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/exam-preparation-tips-and-techniques/#comment-96 cuinnamacbeth Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:06:05 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/exam-preparation-tips-and-techniques/#comment-96 hi Helen I think I have finished all the assessements now. Can you confirm that for me? Merry Xmas and best wishes for the New Year. Thanks for having me on board. Its been a great learning experience and I have enjoyed tutoring. Cuinna hi Helen

I think I have finished all the assessements now. Can you confirm that for me?

Merry Xmas and best wishes for the New Year. Thanks for having me on board. Its been a great learning experience and I have enjoyed tutoring.

Cuinna

]]> Comment on Cultural Considerations continued…The Maori perspective by helenlindsay http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/cultural-considerations-continuedthe-maori-perspective/#comment-69 helenlindsay Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:13:58 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/cultural-considerations-continuedthe-maori-perspective/#comment-69 I agree with Wills comment in his Blog that what matters is the acknowledgment of a continual contract between Tangata Whenua and Pakeha. People often say that New Zealand is a multicultural society and whilst this is true, the fact is we do not have treaties with every other ethnic group in NZ, so therefor Maori people have rights and responsibilities other cultural groups are not necessarily entitled to. I agree with Wills comment in his Blog that what matters is the acknowledgment of a continual contract between Tangata Whenua and Pakeha. People often say that New Zealand is a multicultural society and whilst this is true, the fact is we do not have treaties with every other ethnic group in NZ, so therefor Maori people have rights and responsibilities other cultural groups are not necessarily entitled to.

]]> Comment on Exam Preparation: Tips and Techniques by helen http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/exam-preparation-tips-and-techniques/#comment-68 helen Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:22:01 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/exam-preparation-tips-and-techniques/#comment-68 Knowing that you have thoroughly studied all your course material and practiced answering old tests and exams helps reduce the stress of exams enormously. I know even the best prepared student will still feel nervous, however this is good as some adrenalin in the blood improves thinking. Repetition is the key to study in my view. Going over your summarized notes again and again and again, (though boring), really anchors them in the memory so they can be recalled easily when you most need them. This takes time, dedication and sacrifice! For about six weeks before exams you should be changing your leisure activities to allow for a lot more study. That's my advice! Knowing that you have thoroughly studied all your course material and practiced answering old tests and exams helps reduce the stress of exams enormously. I know even the best prepared student will still feel nervous, however this is good as some adrenalin in the blood improves thinking. Repetition is the key to study in my view. Going over your summarized notes again and again and again, (though boring), really anchors them in the memory so they can be recalled easily when you most need them. This takes time, dedication and sacrifice! For about six weeks before exams you should be changing your leisure activities to allow for a lot more study.

That’s my advice!

]]> Comment on Assignment no. 6: Cultural Considerations, Working with International Students by saibm http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/assignment-no-6-cultural-considerations-working-with-international-students/#comment-64 saibm Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:17:33 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/assignment-no-6-cultural-considerations-working-with-international-students/#comment-64 1. I am Muslim and my culture is very important to me. 2. Language might be the major obstacle here. However, coming from SA and learning to adopt other culture to a certain degree will hold me in good stead in dealing with this kind of an issue. Not imposing my views onto others and keeping in mind other peoples' cultural views is very important. 3. Allowing sufficient time from the time a question is asked to the time an answer is generated might make a student actually think, rather than being an "answer giver." Being clear and paraphrasing to ensure that the student has understood you. Encouraging the student in whatever little effort he has undertaken would be positive. Looking out for non-verbal cues to get a feel of how the student is taking things will be a positive attitude. 1. I am Muslim and my culture is very important to me.

2. Language might be the major obstacle here. However, coming from SA and learning to adopt other culture to a certain degree will hold me in good stead in dealing with this kind of an issue. Not imposing my views onto others and keeping in mind other peoples’ cultural views is very important.

3. Allowing sufficient time from the time a question is asked to the time an answer is generated might make a student actually think, rather than being an “answer giver.” Being clear and paraphrasing to ensure that the student has understood you. Encouraging the student in whatever little effort he has undertaken would be positive. Looking out for non-verbal cues to get a feel of how the student is taking things will be a positive attitude.

]]> Comment on Important points about communicating when tutoring :No5 by saibm http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/important-points-about-communicating-when-tutoring-no5/#comment-63 saibm Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:05:40 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/important-points-about-communicating-when-tutoring-no5/#comment-63 The tutor in the video was very good-kind and considerate. This helps the student to feel more at ease. The tutor was very focussed and it was great the way he re-inforced some basic points. Watching this video gives one an idea of a near perfect ,odel of a tutor. The tutor in the video was very good-kind and considerate. This helps the student to feel more at ease. The tutor was very focussed and it was great the way he re-inforced some basic points. Watching this video gives one an idea of a near perfect ,odel of a tutor.

]]> Comment on Readings on Cultural differences by Helen http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/readings-on-cultural-differences/#comment-61 Helen Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:14:57 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/readings-on-cultural-differences/#comment-61 Thanks for your comments Neil, I don't think many of us have polychronic personalities! Thanks for your comments Neil, I don’t think many of us have polychronic personalities!

]]> Comment on Readings on Cultural differences by neil1689 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/readings-on-cultural-differences/#comment-59 neil1689 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:08:21 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/readings-on-cultural-differences/#comment-59 "Polychronic" was a new term I learned from these articles. According to this link, http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-pol2.htm "If you’re a polychronic personality, you work happily with many things happening at one time, in a non-linear and emotional way that lets you change your plans at a moment’s notice without distress and without worrying about deadlines." I don't think I could work that way … unless, perhaps, the rest of our culture worked that way. "What do you earn?" is not a question I would have been prepared for in small talk with an Asian. I might thank him for his interest and explain that the question could be considered intrusive in our culture. The page listing non-western, intelligent behaviour traits did not tie them to any particular culture, but they did read like proverbial wisdom. “Polychronic” was a new term I learned from these articles. According to this link,

http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-pol2.htm

“If you’re a polychronic personality, you work happily with many things happening at one time, in a non-linear and emotional way that lets you change your plans at a moment’s notice without distress and without worrying about deadlines.”

I don’t think I could work that way … unless, perhaps, the rest of our culture worked that way.

“What do you earn?” is not a question I would have been prepared for in small talk with an Asian. I might thank him for his interest and explain that the question could be considered intrusive in our culture.

The page listing non-western, intelligent behaviour traits did not tie them to any particular culture, but they did read like proverbial wisdom.

]]> Comment on Cultural Considerations continued…The Maori perspective by Helen http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/cultural-considerations-continuedthe-maori-perspective/#comment-54 Helen Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:55:46 +0000 http://studentstutoringstudents.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/cultural-considerations-continuedthe-maori-perspective/#comment-54 Thanks Will I'll check out that website. Thanks Will I’ll check out that website.

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