Tutor Training Kit - Tutor Training Manual

Session 3: The Learner

To introduce you to different types of learning styles regarding how the brain receives and processes information
To discover your learning style and how this may affect your tutoring style
To familiarize you with the cultural issues associated with learning styles
To introduce assessment (skills and needs assessment) and discuss the importance of each type of assessment
To familiarize you with initial and continuous assessment
To examine a sample inventory of questions that can be used to assess a learner
To introduce and describe the usage of portfolios
To start a portfolio to demonstrate how portfolios can be used to define goals and measure growth of a learner