by John Nichols | Sep 27, 2019 | Teachers, Tutors
One of the most important roles for private tutors is setting, recording and marking relevant practice assignments for their students. Effective retrieval practice is well understood to be one of the most vital aspects of teaching and learning. Countless educational...
by Samantha Nichols | Jan 16, 2019 | Tutors
I’m a tutor, what are you talking to me about marketing for? Marketing is a large part of everyone’s lives; as you’re walking between clients, standing on the train or scrolling through social media, marketing is everywhere. Just because you’re...
by Samantha Nichols | Jan 16, 2019 | Tutors
Hi, I’m Sam, and I’m one of the Co-Founders of Get My Grades. My husband and Co-Founder, John, has been a private tutor now for 7 years and has over 8000 hours of tuition under his belt. I, on the other hand, have a solid background in operations and...
by Jenn Linning | Dec 22, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
In this blog series, we have explored ways in which we can develop students’ spoken answers so that, in turn, we can help them to improve their written ones. Strategies such as probing, restating, rehearsing, scaffolding, and mapping can help to push students to the...
by Jenn Linning | Dec 19, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
Now that we have explored various different strategies for developing student answers, it’s time to use our own ‘rehearsal’ strategy and plan exactly how we are going to help students make the leap between one-sentence spoken responses and the complex, detailed...
by Jenn Linning | Dec 11, 2018 | Teachers, Tutors
In this blog series so far, we have talked about how to develop students’ spoken answers, which in turn should help to improve their written ones. Strategies such as probing, restating, and rehearsing can help to push students to the next level of understanding and...
