Successful tutoring session

What I believe makes a successful tutoring session is when one applies what they learn in class to the tutoring  session. The books we have read in class has made me realize the importance of giving praise "cheerleading" to the student, this way they feel proud of their work even if it is not completely right. In my first observation I noticed the tutor gave praise to the student even thought he made many errors, she praised him the parts he did well. Also, in one of the session Cindi was observing the tutor took their time to explain something the student did not understand. In one of my  session the tutor did the exact thing and explained to the student the rules about past tense verbs, and I believe he should have focused on the HOCS instead of the LOCS.  I also was able to read Michelle's blog and i agree that what makes a successful tutoring session is when the "tutor is very charismatic and attempting to make the students as comfortable as possible." I agree with this because if a tutor is not charismatic and is mean the student will not feel motivated to ask any question. They would want to get out of there as soon as possible. A simply smile can go a very long way so a nice tutor can make the session enjoyable for both the student and the tutor. Therefore a smile is very important. Like I stated in my third observation good body language is very important and this way the student knows that the tutor cares about their achievement. This can motive the student to do better on his paper.

My Fourth Observation

The tutor introduced himself to both of the students.  The student's paper was already graded so the tutor read over the teachers comments. This way the tutor as able to help the student understand the professor's comment and build the ideas the professor needed clarification. I was happy to see that the tutor focus first on the teachers comments because it gave the tutor a feel of what the teacher was expecting. In class JRC told us to do the same if we are going over a graded paper, so it was nice to be reminded of this point. This was a collaborative session because the student was asking sufficient questions about parts of the paper  they did not understand and the tutor answered them to the best of his abilities. This tutor focused on the HOCS, which is getting the main points across. Once the teacher's comments were taken care of, the tutor then proceeded to ask the student what parts of the essay they wanted to fix. The student tells what they believe were their weak points and the tutor addressed those. I liked how the tutor took in consideration the wants of the student I would name this method "taken into consideration". Once the first fifteen minutes passed the tutor then passed on to the next student and they were working on the same assignment and were in the same class however, he had a different situation. He had trouble understanding all of the teachers comments. The tutor helped him understand the comments and help him add  more ideas for his paper.