Short description:

Boost confidence, reduce anxiety, and spark those “aha” moments for students through effective math tutoring!

Filled with research-backed guidance for tutors to ensure students develop the confidence and skills they need, The Math Tutor's Handbook: Strategies and Tips for Success is the ultimate guide for effective math tutoring. As national data suggest that students are falling behind in mathematics performance, the role of the math tutor is more critical than ever before.

The authors bring decades of wisdom and know-how to the tutoring table. Steve Leinwand—a renowned leader in math education—and Caroline Welty—a sought-after tutor who brings current insight into today’s learners—have blended their collective experience into a comprehensive handbook that offers clear guidance for effective tutoring in grades K-12 mathematics. With their conversational style, the authors provide hands-on resources to help diagnose individuals’ mathematical strengths and needs to make sure that each tutoring session carries the necessary impact..

Through a range of activities, checklists, examples, stories, and suggestions, this handbook

• Focuses on the importance of personalized instruction that no computer program can match


• Describes how to develop strong, supportive relationships between tutor and student


• Identifies common stumbling blocks around the big ideas in mathematics across grade levels and suggests how to overcome them


• Celebrates mistakes as valuable learning opportunities to foster a deeper comprehension of mathematical concepts rather than just getting the right answer


• Promotes skills needed for the future, such as problem-solving and critical thinking, which are beneficial not only in future math classes but also in various aspects of life and work

Let The Math Tutor's Handbook empower you to create a positive learning environment for your students and help them boost self-confidence, reduce math anxiety, and master essential skills. Whether you are a private tutor or parent, you work in a tutoring center, or you are an in-school K-12 math teacher, coach, or specialist, this is the resource you need for the math tutoring strategies and practices that are foundational to successful learning.

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Boost confidence, reduce anxiety, and spark those “aha” moments for students through effective math tutoring!

Filled with research-backed guidance for tutors to ensure students develop the confidence and skills they need, The Math Tutor's Handbook: Strategies and Tips for Success is the ultimate guide for effective math tutoring. As national data suggest that students are falling behind in mathematics performance, the role of the math tutor is more critical than ever before.

The authors bring decades of wisdom and know-how to the tutoring table. Steve Leinwand—a renowned leader in math education—and Caroline Welty—a sought-after tutor who brings current insight into today’s learners—have blended their collective experience into a comprehensive handbook that offers clear guidance for effective tutoring in grades K-12 mathematics. With their conversational style, the authors provide hands-on resources to help diagnose individuals’ mathematical strengths and needs to make sure that each tutoring session carries the necessary impact..

Through a range of activities, checklists, examples, stories, and suggestions, this handbook

• Focuses on the importance of personalized instruction that no computer program can match


• Describes how to develop strong, supportive relationships between tutor and student


• Identifies common stumbling blocks around the big ideas in mathematics across grade levels and suggests how to overcome them


• Celebrates mistakes as valuable learning opportunities to foster a deeper comprehension of mathematical concepts rather than just getting the right answer


• Promotes skills needed for the future, such as problem-solving and critical thinking, which are beneficial not only in future math classes but also in various aspects of life and work

Let The Math Tutor's Handbook empower you to create a positive learning environment for your students and help them boost self-confidence, reduce math anxiety, and master essential skills. Whether you are a private tutor or parent, you work in a tutoring center, or you are an in-school K-12 math teacher, coach, or specialist, this is the resource you need for the math tutoring strategies and practices that are foundational to successful learning.

This book is the complete guide for well-developed math instruction for single students or for small groups of students. The book not only emphasizes the basic needs of the students, building relationships, but incorporates all the important elements of math instruction in the

21st century.

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Table of Contents:

Dear Readers
Part 1: Personalizing Tutoring
Chapter 1: Building Relationships
Chapter 2: Diagnosing Strengths and Needs
Chapter 3: Reducing Math Anxiety
Part 2: Planning Your Time
Chapter 4: Designing Successful Sessions
Chapter 5: Launching Effective Sessions
Chapter 6: Excelling at Remote and Virtual Tutoring
Part 3: Implementing the Art and Science of Effective Tutoring
Chapter 7: Setting High Expectations and Building Self-Confidence
Chapter 8: Asking the Right Questions
Chapter 9: Honoring Mistakes
Chapter 10: Incorporating Alternative Approaches and Multiple Representations
Part 4: Reflecting on Tutoring Sessions
Chapter 11: Providing Feedback
Chapter 12: Reflecting to Revise Plans for the Next Session
Part 5: Math Tips and Word Problems
Chapter 13: Our Best Ideas for Teaching the Biggest Ideas of Mathematics
Chapter 14: Strategies for Tackling Word Problems
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Parents as tutoring partners for their children
Appendix 2: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Eight Mathematics Teaching Practices
Appendix 3: Great websites for lesson launch activities, lesson tasks and engaging activities
Appendix 4: Questions to launch a tutoring session
Appendix 5: Tutoring session planning template

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