tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088860151651047897.post7130681162739405527..comments2024-03-08T13:57:00.071-05:00Comments on Jacobs Physics: What advice can I give a student with a C right now?Greg Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854009948036330746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5088860151651047897.post-32470399131784881282017-02-06T16:01:05.037-05:002017-02-06T16:01:05.037-05:00There is a way for a tutor to get a struggling stu...There is a way for a tutor to get a struggling student to focus on the "here's how to approach the problem" part. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to implement, but I do so when I can. The method is:<br /><br />The tutor needs to find out the syllabus in advance and know the topics and what level the student's class is currently focusing on. Ideally, the tutor knows what sorts of problems the teacher has selected as exercises for the student. The tutor then creates or locates problems similar to those assigned for the student, and the tutor and student then spend time discussing the approach with these substitute problems, prodding them to think about things but helping them along where they can't make the hurdle.<br /><br />The student is then left to do her own homework herself. (I've had one who would email me snapshots after she finished so she could verify she had applied the methods and concepts to get correct answers.)<br /><br />I have done this-- generally only when I am either able to find the previous semesters materials left online (probably due to oversight by a teacher who doesn't realize the material remains posted) or I tutored a student who took the same course at the same school in a recent semester. This sort of things-- and a few other things-- can lead to great improvement on the part of the student. But one key is the student still must apply physics knowledge and methods themselves <br /> lucia liljegrenhttp://straightaphysics.com/moodlenoreply@blogger.com