Listen Up!
This is the act of restating a student's message in your own words to ensure understanding.
Paraphrasing
A tutoring session is traditionally structured into these three distinct parts.
Beginning
Middle
End
This boundary issue occurs when a tutor starts acting as a friend or therapist instead of an instructor.
Role confusion.
What is UDL?
Universal Design in Learning
When a professor asks "How is Jordan doing?" you must protect this because...
FERPA
These three non-verbal cues demonstrate you are paying attention: eye contact, nodding, and this type of "open" body language
Open posture / body language
To ensure the session is effective, the tutor and student should create this together at the start.
An agenda or tutoring plan.
If a student asks you to do their homework for them, it violates this type of boundary.
Academic honesty
Boundaries are not the same for everyone; therefore, they must be clearly _________ to the student.
Stimming or fidgeting.
When a supervisor or lead tutor corrects a tutor’s mistake, the professional response is to avoid this.
Defensiveness.
This verbal skill is broader than paraphrasing and involves condensing a long statement into a concise overview.
Summarizing
This technique involves breaking a large task, like a nursing assignment, into smaller, manageable steps.
Chunking
When a student discloses a sensitive or dangerous situation, you should never make this promise.
For a student with ADHD who gets distracted, a tutor should use this strategy to get them back on track.
Validate and gently redirect.
If a student is confused by an assignment, the tutor should...
Encourage the student to go to their professor.
When a student says, "I'm tired of studying; I thought college would be more about intellectual coffee shop discussions," a tutor should do this.
Actively listen
This is the final step of a session where both the tutor and tutee review what was learned.
Checking for understanding or summarizing.
Boundaries are not the same for everyone; therefore, they must be clearly _________ to the student.
Communicated.
UDL encourages tutors to provide multiple means of this so that all learners can contribute.
Interaction or engagement.
This "Durable Skill" involves arriving on time and completing tasks like logging hours correctly.
Dependability / professionalism.
You should always interrupt a neurodivergent student if they pause for more than five seconds to keep the session moving.
False
When setting goals what does the acronym SMARTER mean?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, Evaluate, Reward
Students should be allowed to contact you over social media or personal email.
False.
If a student has a visual processing disorder, a tutor should adapt resources by doing this.
Provide non-visual alternatives.
To better support a specific class, a tutor might send an email to a professor to request...
A course syllabus.