Virtual Tutoring
What are some websites we can use to implement activities/games into our tutoring sessions?
There are several! Some include Cool Math Games, Math Playground, and IXL.
Name the three states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
What is the psychological process involves acquiring new knowledge or skills through experience, study, or teaching?
What is learning!?
How many tutor events are required per semester to be an active member of TECP?
Two tutor events!
What is UMD's macot?
Testudo the Terrapin!
True or False: Tutoring is only beneficial to the tutee
False! Among other benefits like gaining time-management and communication skills, studies show that teaching others is the best way to learn.
Identify the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
True or False: Do emotions impact one's ability to learn?
True! Emotions can significantly impact one's ability to learn. The relationship between emotions and learning is complex. Emotions can influence ones attention and memory, motivation, learning, social learning, and influence decision making.
What grades does TECP tutor?
K-12 students!
When was UMD founded?
March 6, 1856
Virtual tutors often use this feature to share documents, presentations, or educational materials during online sessions.
What is screen sharing?
What literary device is used when a non-human object is given human characteristics?
What is personification?
What is the psychological theory suggests that individuals have different styles of learning, such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic.
What is the theory of multiple intelligences?
What year was TECP founded?
July, 2020
How many libraries are there at UMD?
Six libraries at UMD!
The maximum duration for a free Zoom meeting with multiple participants is limited to this number of minutes...
What is 40 minutes?
Who wrote the "Declaration of Independence" for the United States?
Who is Thomas Jefferson
What is the term in Vygotsky's sociocultural theory, that describes the support provided by a more knowledgeable person to help a learner gradually bridge the gap between their current level of ability and the level needed to solve the problem independently?
What is scaffolding?
How many TECP executive board members are there?
10!
How many testudo statues are there on campus?
There are seven!
Virtual tutors often adapt their teaching strategies to accommodate different learning styles. What is this adaptation called?
What is differentiated instruction?
Name the two countries that share the longest international border.
What is the term that refers to the mental framework that organizes information and helps individuals make sense of the world?
What is a schema?
What was the original name of TECP?
COVID-19 Tutoring
What was the original name of UMD?
Maryland Agricultural College