Many tutoring programs hire tutors who have gone to college but don’t have any teaching training. These tutors can be helpful, but they could still use feedback to improve their work. Normally, coaches watch tutors and give them feedback during meetings. But these meetings take up a lot of time and don’t always cover all the new things observed. With an automated approach, coaches and tutors can get feedback more often, based on data, all at a lower cost. A new research paper talks about a new technology called human-tutor coaching technology (HTCT). HTCT looks at recordings of tutoring sessions and shows the information in a way that helps coaches give detailed advice to tutors. The main goal is to improve tutoring and help students do even better in school.
Researchers worked with Saga Education to test HTCT with coaches tutoring high school math in low-income areas. They looked at how coaches used HTCT, what they felt about it, and if students’ communication got better when coaches used HTCT data for feedback.
High-impact tutoring is different from regular teaching. It is frequent and takes place during school hours with appropriate tutoring materials. Paraprofessional tutors can benefit from coaching to enhance their skills. Coaching also helps tutors get better at what they do. However, more research is needed to see how coaching can help tutors. This study wants to see how coaching can assist paraprofessional tutors.
Teachers and tutors help students learn, but their jobs are different. Teachers have a whole class of students, while tutors work with only one or a few students at a time. Tutors can provide tutoring during school, in-person, or online. They can even tutor during regular school hours! According to the US Department of Education, the most effective tutoring occurs frequently, at least three times a week for 30-50 minutes, and uses appropriate learning materials.
Tutors don’t have formal teaching training, therefore coaches can assist them. Coaches are like specialists who give tutors advice on how to improve. Coaching helps tutors enhance their skills, and researchers are exploring how it can benefit tutors too!
Picture having a coach who listens to your classroom lessons. They advise how to have more engaging discussions with your students. That’s exactly why artificial intelligence (AI) tools like HTCT can help tutors!
AI coaching won’t replace tutors. Instead, they can help them to learn and identify new strategies. Here’s how it might work:
Some studies have already been done on AI coaching, and the results are encouraging. Tutors like getting feedback from the AI, and some studies even showed that tutors used talk moves more often after using AI coaching. While research has been done on helping experienced educators, AI coaching can be great for new educators or those with little training. AI coaching can help tutors to improve their group discussions and help more students learn. Future research will need to see if AI coaching can work well in different teaching situations and with different types of educators.
Key Takeaways: Boston's Untapped Potential: While the city birthed the high-impact tutoring movement through Match Charter School's pioneering work, Boston Public Schools currently provides this transformative intervention to only 350
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