Since most of the specialists teach classes and have other duties, please plan ahead and arrange appointments with them as far ahead of time as possible. You must call at least one day in advance. During busy times of the semester, allow much more lead time.

When you arrive, please check in at the main desk in Grace 427 and your tutor will be notified of your arrival.

What to Expect

Most tutoring sessions are scheduled for one hour. Following some general guidelines:

• In a typical tutoring session you will...

  • Collaborate with your tutor to establish basic goals, then identify skills and strategies that will help you reach those goals
  • Establish an agenda for the session at hand, and possibly other sessions to follow
  • Address the issues identified as priorities for your session
  • Sum up key issues covered in the session and plan for further work
  • Schedule additional sessions, if necessary
    
• Tutors WILL...
  
• Work with you to foster independent learning
• Help you diagnose problems and refine skills
• Offer prompting questions and help generate strategies for academic problem-solving
• Work with you to review course materials, practice problems, and specific skill development

• Tutors WON'T...

• Do your work for you (edit or rewrite papers; solve math homework problems, etc.)
• Introduce material for the first time
• Work on graded assignments, except to offer advice on essay drafts
• Guess or second-guess grades on assignments
• Replace your course instructor as the primary source for instruction and consultation

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