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Episode: Tutoring Treasures: Tips For Teaching Teens
Description: Tutoring at its best entails so much more than a mechanical transfer of information designed to improve a grade or score. An authentic student-teacher relationship depends on a commitment to establish rapport and personalize instruction. Amy and Mike invited educator Mary Thomas to share her insights on teaching teens. What are five things you will learn in this episode? Why is it important to see teens as more than just students? What teaching methods do teens best respond to? Why is flexibility in planning so important? What characterizes a bottom-up approach to instruction? How can tutors m...