Repetition can be extremely helpful in the learning patterns of students and should be used on a daily basis when tutoring children with their homework. Skills such as math, reading and writing, and learning a new language can be easily learned with the assistance of some suggestive repetition.
Repetition is especially useful when tutoring as children may not have been given the chance to repeat the information that was learned within the classroom setting. When the child is tutored using repetition they are given the chance to use the information learned in the classroom setting and combine it with the practice that they have been exposed to during the tutoring session.
In the past few years learning by repetition has been associated with forming the connection of synapses in brain cells. This assists in not only learning the information, but in recalling that information throughout the lifetime of the child. Once this information has been committed to memory with the use of repetition, this information may be more easily recalled in the future.
Many skills that are learned through childhood homework assignments are skills that are going to be called upon for further learning. The pyramid of learning that is created can be based upon the repetition of the skills that children learn in their formative and early years.
Repetition is not the end all be all of learning. The learner begins with a limited amount of information (be it words or concepts), and adds in concepts as the process goes along. Gradually, the child will need less and less repetition as he or she learns the concepts which are built upon in the future.
Repetitive teaching techniques can be extremely useful with homeschool tutoring.
Posted under Math Tutoring, Reading, Tutoring
This post was written by Diane Palumbo on November 25, 2008
I think just hiring the best online teaching service is of no use unless students themselves take some initiatives. Parents and students need to take some special measures to get the maximum advantage from the online learning help. Involvement of parents with online teacher, perfection of using the suggested ‘system’ ahead of time, familiarization with the topic of upcoming tutoring session, assessing your weakness yourself and revision of previous lessons etc make online learning convenient, interesting and effective.
Repetition is essential when learning how to write. Reading can help students because when they read over and over the right way to spell, use punctuation, and use grammar, they will have some sense of how to use it when they write.
Yes repetition in tutoring and learning plays a very important part in successful and fruitful education. On repetitions the thoughts in our brain and mind becomes more and more deeper and creates a deep impression which lasts long. This is long term memory. Memory is very important. First comes memory then comes intelligence. If some body cannot remember a formula without repetitions even though he may be very intelligent he cannot give the solution of a problem. We should regard repetitions a very important part of education system.
I agree that repetition is crucial when tutoring. I often use repetition when helping students when learning how to solve certain mathematical problems. I find learning by repetition is an effective learning technique and should be practiced by all tutors.