In my peer tutoring class, many students work well as a group. These students have the ability to self-teach themselves and others. However, there is one particular student who struggles to understand the material that is taught. For the purpose of this assignment, I will nickname him “Jackson”. Every day in math class, Jackson struggles to understand the concepts that are taught. Jackson lacks the ability to make connections and often forgets things instantly. Jackson does not review regularly; therefore he faces an immense amount of difficulty to learn. Ms.Punj, the math teacher, has assigned me to help Jackson succeed and learn the material. After Ms.Punj has taught the lesson, it is my duty to take Jackson to a different room and reiterate
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Since Jackson does the review on a regular basis, he tends to forget a lot of the material that is taught by either Ms.Punj or me. I can see that Jackson is fully capable of succeeding in the course if he finds time to regularly review and replenish his passion for math. Watching Jackson for the last couple of weeks, I have noticed that he really enjoys playing American Football as he carries around a football to math class every day. I have told Jackson many times to put the football away, as it is a distraction to his learning. Being able to observe the way Jackson thinks and communicates his knowledge, I have assisted Jackson by giving him some strategies on how to succeed in the course. I have told Jackson “Math is 1% intelligence and 99% hard work.” In addition, I have also told him about my story of how I had to work very hard to be in the position that I am at today. As a young student, I struggled in math and went to tutoring for multiple years. During the years I went to tutoring, I saw a drastic improvement in my mathematical skills. This improvement was mostly due to the fact that I had someone to help me understand the concepts and answer my …show more content…
Being a peer tutor, I have helped to reestablish his motivation by encouraging his questions, so he would not feel sad when he asked a redundant question. Consequently, Jackson showed up to the next after-school tutoring day to seek help for math. I gladly helped him, and I appreciated his desire to learn math. Also, I suggested Jackson to review math on a regular basis. However, Jackson has not yet followed up with that task. Jackson has said that he does not have the time to regularly study as he plays competitive football after school every day. I have advised him to start slow by reviewing whenever he has some free time. Next, I have tried to come up with a way in which I can correlate American Football with math to make it fun and intriguing for him. For example, when Ms.Punj was teaching the topic polynomials to the class, I made some connections and connected football and math together. I created a question about finding the area of a football field using polynomials. I noticed that Jackson was very intrigued to solve the question because the question had something to do with football. The last way I have assisted Jackson in coping is by advising him to get help from someone he feels comfortable with like a school
Since Jackson does the review on a regular basis, he tends to forget a lot of the material that is taught by either Ms.Punj or me. I can see that Jackson is fully capable of succeeding in the course if he finds time to regularly review and replenish his passion for math. Watching Jackson for the last couple of weeks, I have noticed that he really enjoys playing American Football as he carries around a football to math class every day. I have told Jackson many times to put the football away, as it is a distraction to his learning. Being able to observe the way Jackson thinks and communicates his knowledge, I have assisted Jackson by giving him some strategies on how to succeed in the course. I have told Jackson “Math is 1% intelligence and 99% hard work.” In addition, I have also told him about my story of how I had to work very hard to be in the position that I am at today. As a young student, I struggled in math and went to tutoring for multiple years. During the years I went to tutoring, I saw a drastic improvement in my mathematical skills. This improvement was mostly due to the fact that I had someone to help me understand the concepts and answer my …show more content…
Being a peer tutor, I have helped to reestablish his motivation by encouraging his questions, so he would not feel sad when he asked a redundant question. Consequently, Jackson showed up to the next after-school tutoring day to seek help for math. I gladly helped him, and I appreciated his desire to learn math. Also, I suggested Jackson to review math on a regular basis. However, Jackson has not yet followed up with that task. Jackson has said that he does not have the time to regularly study as he plays competitive football after school every day. I have advised him to start slow by reviewing whenever he has some free time. Next, I have tried to come up with a way in which I can correlate American Football with math to make it fun and intriguing for him. For example, when Ms.Punj was teaching the topic polynomials to the class, I made some connections and connected football and math together. I created a question about finding the area of a football field using polynomials. I noticed that Jackson was very intrigued to solve the question because the question had something to do with football. The last way I have assisted Jackson in coping is by advising him to get help from someone he feels comfortable with like a school