Math & Computer Science Clinic

The goal of tutoring mathematics is to help students help themselves.  Math tutors guide students to assist them to become independent learners.

The purpose of tutoring mathematics is to:
1.   Help students understand lectures
2.   Help prepare students for exams
3.   Help students with study skills
4.   Guide students on their homework assignments
5.   Improve self esteem
6.   Improve academic performance
7.   Improve personal growth
8.   Improve attitude toward mathematics
9.   Provide greater congruence between math professor and learner
10. Offer a more individualized and structured learning experience
11. Motivate self-paced learning
12. Motivate self-directed learning
13. Help students succeed academically
14. Help students learn how to learn mathematics
15. Connect the link between education and learning mathematics
16. Help make success for process and less goal oriented

Based on:
1. Is Tutoring for you? Three Rivers Community College:
http://www.trcc.commnet.edu/Ed_Resources/TASC/Training/Expectations.htm

2. Introduction to Tutoring, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga:
http://www.utc.edu/Administration/StudentSupportServices/OnlineTutorTraining/Module1.php