Joy Morrow's Capstone

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Since I could remember, I have always wanted to be a teacher. I would study the way my teachers moved, the way the deciplined, and most importantly the way they thought. Something about giving back to my community has always been something I had a passion to do and what better way could this be done then teaching. Because we had the luxury of deciding what we wanted to do for our senior project, I thought what better way to start looking into what I want to pursue in my adult life. With this I tutored kids at my middle school math mathematics. When I noticed that I was facing a lot of different problems, I then decided that I would create a website to help  future tutors prepare for what they had in store. On my website you will find tips on how to be a better tutor and also how to make tutoring something that the students hate coming to. 


There were a few things that came to me once I was finish with the tutoring sessions. One was that everything does not come easy and there will be challenges along any road you take. Two that I would prefer teaching high school kids instead of middle school because they give me a headache. I hope you enjoy the cite!


Joy's Tutoring Workshop! (click here) 



"How to Teach." ​WikiHow​. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.

http://www.wikihow.com/Teach

What this source basically does is give an overview on the rules and the steps of becoming a good teacher. When reading the source, I wouldn’t label it unreliable or reliable just based on the simple fact that it is giving steps on how to get children involved, Its not really a fact sheet website that has to have everything in the article be correct. I think this tool will work best when I am becoming impatient with the children and don’t really know what else to do with them.

"Adding Integers." ​Teaching Channel​. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/math­teaching­techniques

What this source talks about is the different techniques in making sure that a teacher/mentor are keeping the children involved. It goes on to talk about how people think that math is automatically hard so they just basically count it out so helping kids through math is a little bit harder. This source seems to be very reliable because it is first hand a math teacher talking and giving his input about how to be a good math teacher and how to make sure the children aren’t given up.

"Math / Overview." ​Math / Overview​. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/domain/282

The source talks about basically what a middle schools math curriculum consists of and the order that it should be taught in. It also shows the different levels of math within each grade. This source seems to be reliable because there are a lot of math things that I remember learning that is on this list. This source also seems reliable because it is something that an actual school is teaching its children so therefore it must be effective. This source also seems reliable because it gives links to different math website pages that has good ideas on different ways that each topic should be taught.

"Study Guides and Strategies." ​Tutoring​. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. http://www.studygs.net/tutoring.htm

This source gives an outline on how to be a good tutor, It also gives details on how to to improve your tutor skills. For example, one of the steps say go out and learn more about the subject that you are tutoring. This website also talks about how a good tutor has to maintain patient. This site seems reliable because it gives good steps and Ideas that I could see actually helping me when I am teaching/tutoring a group of kids. I also think that this source is reliable because it has links at the bottom of the webpage of where all the ideas came from.

"A Tutor's Guide." ​By Ben Rafoth​. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. http://www.heinemann.com/products/0587.aspx

This source talks about how tutoring is not easy and the steps that it takes for a tutor to be a great tutor. This source also comes from a chapter in a book created by a man who was a professional tutor. I believe that this is a great aspect in making this source reliable. I say this because the person who is writing this has actually experienced the life of a tutor, he knows the ends and out of the tutoring life and the best way to get through and help the people that I am tutoring the best way possible

"Being an Effective Tutor." ​Being an Effective Tutor​. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015 http://www.anokaramsey.edu/resources/Success/TutoringSrvcs/becometutor/TutorTra

ining/M2­EffectiveTutor.aspx

Just like the other sources, this source gives you steps on being a tutor . However, this source breaks the steps down of being a tutor. It says that an effective tutor assigns assignments that the tutee should get done. I think that this source is reliable because the information that it is giving seems to be ways that really help tutors be great tutors. When you take into account the different skill levels that tutors need to have it is crucial that they stay up on what they are tutoring and this site made that very clear

"Adolescent Psychology ­ The Most Difficult Transition Phase." ​Adolescent Psychology ­ The Most Difficult Transition Phase​. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.

http://www.psychologycampus.com/adolescent­psychology/

This source talks about the social state that the student will be in that I am mentoring. It gives me an idea of how this is the hardest transition period of their life and how it is hard for them to keep focus on something that they really don’t care about. What this source basically does is talk about how to handle the age group that I will be tutoring and what it takes to make sure that they are feeling as comfortable as possible. I think that this source is reliable because it came from a doctors office that studies the children.

"Strategy of the Week: Rewards." ​Education World:​. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy041.shtml

This source gives me good ideas on different rewards I can give the kids when they do good or when I find out that they have improved at the end of the tutor session. This source

also breaks down the rewards in the different grade groups and what is important about the rewards you give and the time that you they receive the reward. This source is very reliable because it "Strategy of the Week: Rewards." ​Education World:​. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015.This source talks about the social state that the student will be in that I am mentoring. It gives me an idea of how this is the hardest transition period of their life and how it is hard for them to keep focus on something that they really don’t care about.

"What are the jobs of A tutor." ​Being a great tutor Tutor​. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2015

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy041.shtml

This source talks about how tutoring is not easy and the steps that it takes for a tutor to be a great tutor. This source also comes from a chapter in a book created by a man who was a professional tutor. I believe that this is a great aspect in making this source reliable. I say this because the person who is writing this has actually experienced the life of a tutor, he knows the ends and out of the tutoring life and the best way to get through and help the people that I am tutoring the best way possible When you take into account the different skill levels that tutors need to have it is crucial that they stay up on what they are tutoring and this site made that very clear

"Great rewards" ​By Ben Rafoth​. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. http://www.heinemann.com/products/0587.aspx

This source talks about how tutoring is not easy and the steps that it takes for a tutor to be a great tutor. This source also comes from a chapter in a book created by a man who was a professional tutor. I believe that this is a great aspect in making this source reliable. I say this because the person who is writing this has actually experienced the life of a tutor, he knows the ends and out of the tutoring life and the best way to get through and help the people that I am tutoring the best way possible I believe that this is a great aspect in making this source reliable. I say this because the person who is writing this has actually experienced the life of a tutor, 

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