What if I dont know something as a tutor?

❖ Don’t give wrong information. If you don’t know something, don’t guess. Tell the student you will check the information and get back to them or look it up together. ❖ Teaching and tutoring are two different entities.

What should I say to a great student?

101 Ways To Say “Very Good!”

• I’m happy to see you working like that.
• You’ve just about mastered that.
• You’re really working hard today.
• I’m proud of the way you worked today.
• That’s the best you’ve ever done.
• You’re doing that much better.
• Keep working on it. You’re good.
• Couldn’t have done it better myself.

What is the difference between teaching and tutoring?

A tutor is a private teacher who tutors individual students in one-on-one lessons or small group classes. A teacher teaches more than 20 students at a time at a school or college. A Tutor may not hold a qualification in teaching. A teacher teaches a group of sometimes more than 20 students at a time.

How do you deal with students who don’t know?

Admit that you don’t know. This takes courage to do, especially as it can feel like you’re admitting a weakness as a teacher. Think of it this way though: we’d like our students to say that they don’t know rather than either sitting there blankly or making up an incorrect answer.

What to do if a student asks you a tricky question?

No matter how ill-timed, tricky or frustrating a question is, the fact is that if a student has asked, it at least deserves to be acknowledged. Make up an answer on the spot. Again, it’s another option that can seem tempting – at least then you’ve given an answer, right?!.

How do you respond when a student won’t answer your questions?

If you just give up and admit defeat, then at least you’re being honest, but the student still isn’t finding out what he/she wanted to know. If you respond by pointing the student on the road to an answer, even if you can’t supply it off the top of your head, then you’ve done everything that can be expected of you.

What do you do when you don’t know the answer?

Acknowledge the question. Even if you are totally stuck for an answer, do acknowledge the question – chances are that if you don’t know the answer, it’s potentially a good one! Admit that you don’t know. This takes courage to do, especially as it can feel like you’re admitting a weakness as a teacher.