Online Maths Tutoring And How It Works

Students will be emailed a link before the session where will be redirected to an online collaborative whiteboard platform called Bitpaper, which enables me and the students to write simultaneously in real-time and gives access to video/audio interaction. It's free for them and easy to use. For best results, I recommend that students work on a desktop computer, laptop, or tablet.
Bitpaper keeps up with your every pen stroke, making it easy to write smoothly and clearly online especially if used with a digital pen. Some students use their tablet to write on and a laptop/PC to see the whiteboard on a big screen.
My equipment is a multi screen laptop, Wacom graphic tablet and a good stable broadband connection.
Why Should You Choose Online Tutoring
Convenience: Online tutoring allows students to receive help from the comfort of their own homes. Students don't have to worry about transportation or scheduling conflicts.
Engaging: With technology, online tutors can create interesting and engaging lessons that children will love, not just endure.
Choice: Students have access to tutors from around the country, rather than being limited to those who are physically located nearby.

My Story
I was initially suspicious about online maths tutoring as I couldn't imagine a Maths lesson without a pen, and notebook and seeing my tutees beside me until I started and noticed that students felt very comfortable and free from anxiety. Firstly, they can be at their favourite home spot, making them more relaxed and open to learning. Secondly, many students like being in front of a screen which inclines them to learn more. Thirdly, with the features Bitpaper has, students would love to use the different coloured pens, draw shapes, and drag and drop a picture of any maths problem they have been stuck on, enjoying and learning simultaneously.
Tutoring Approach
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
- Colin Powell
During my lessons, I introduce the new material in a simple way building upon students' prior knowledge and skills. This is followed by working on instructive reinforcing exercises to enhance and deepen understanding and build confidence in the new knowledge. I set personalised and focused homework after each maths lesson for the students to practice the new skills. I usually spend time at the start of the following session highlighting the misconceptions they have made and using them to emphasise the areas that require improvement. I also keep track of students' progress which helps me identify students' weaknesses and strengths as well as learning that should be retrieved and retained.
I always ensure to listen carefully to 'student voice' and make them understand not only a particular problem but understand the method and how to apply it in any question as everyone knows that there will be no the same problem on the exam. I teach them how to think, to use what is given, to make links between topics, and to accumulate and implement prior knowledge which will lead to a solution.
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All my maths lessons are geared towards developing skills and building confidence.
Successful Lesson
Several consistent factors are essential for student academic performance and increasing student's self-efficacy.
Building upon student’s prior knowledge and skills to prepare them for acquiring - and retaining – new knowledge. Learning is like adding links to various chains of knowledge that are already there.
Explicit teaching involves: directing student attention toward specific learning in a highly structured environment;
breaking down topics and contents into easy-to-follow steps or chunks which will reduce the demand on student’s working memory; modelling skills and behaviours and modelling thinking; verbalizing the thinking process will help students to know how to begin a task or what to do when they’re stuck.
Breaking the task into small steps makes it manageable, makes it less terrifying, allows student to make steady progress and, usually, gets them to the top. Then they believe they can do it which builds up their confidence.
Tutoring involves teamwork between the tutor and the tutee. Having kids verbalise what they’re thinking about is critically important, not just to have them share their ideas but also to have them become consciously aware of their own ideas and learning processes. Listening carefully to ‘student voice’ by prompting students with questions which will promote mathematical discourse, helps tutor truly to personalize the learning and minimize student’s weaknesses.