Tutorial

Tutorial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For tutorial about Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Tutorial. For other tutorial information on Wikipedia, see Help:contents. A tutorial is a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture; a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task. Depending on the context a tutorial can take one of many forms, ranging from a set of instructions to complete a task to an interactive problem solving session (usually in academia). Contents 1 Academia 1.1 Tutorial Class 1.2 Online Tutorials 1.3 Tutorial Schools 2 Internet 3 Computer-based tutoring 4 See also 5 References Academia Tutorial Class In British academic parlance, a tutorial is a small class of one, or only a few, students, in which the tutor (a lecturer or other academic staff member) gives individual attention to the students.[citation needed] The tutorial system at Oxford and Cambridge is fundamental to methods of teaching at those universities, but it is by no means peculiar to them; Heythrop College (University of London), for instance, also offers a tutorial system with one on one teaching. It is rare for newer universities in the UK to have the resources to offer individual tuition; six to eight (or even more) students is a far more common tutorial size. At Cambridge, a tutorial is known as a supervision. In some Canadian universities, such as the University of Waterloo or the University of Toronto, a tutorial refers to something more like a seminar, a class of between 12-18 students that is supplemental to a large lecture course, which gives students the opportunity to discuss the lectures and/or additional readings in smaller groups.[1] These tutorials are often led by graduate students, normally known as "Teaching Assistants" (TAs), though it is not unknown for the primary instructor of a course, even if a full professor, to take a tutorial. At Princeton University, these tutorials are known as preceptorials and are led by preceptors. Woodrow Wilson developed the preceptorial system, intending it to be the main form of teaching. In Australian and New Zealand universities, a tutorial (colloquially called a tute) is a class of 10–30 students. Such tutorials are very similar to the Canadian system, although tutorials are usually led by honours or postgraduate students, known as 'tutors'. At the two campuses of St. John's College, U.S. and a few other American colleges with a similar version of the Great Books program, a "tutorial" is a class of 12 - 16 students who meet regularly with the guidance of a tutor. The tutorial focuses on a certain subject area (e.g. mathematics tutorial, language tutorial) and generally proceeds with careful reading of selected primary texts and working through associated exercises (e.g., demonstrating a Euclid proof or translating ancient Greek poetry). Since formal lectures do not play a large part in the St. John's College curriculum, the tutorial is the primary method by which certain subjects are studied. However, at St. John's the tutorial is considered ancillary to the seminar, in which a slightly larger group of students meets with two tutors for broader discussion of the particular texts on the seminar list. Some US colleges, such as Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, offer tutorials almost identical in structure to that of an Oxbridge tutorial. At Williams, students in tutorials typically work in pairs alongside a professor and meet weekly, alternately presenting position papers or critiques of their partner's paper. Online Tutorials Traditional online tutoring uses the internet to faciilate tutorials and tutoring relationships across time and space. New institutions such as Khan Academy and Coursera are combining extensive video libraries of lectures and seminars, interactive challenges and tutorials, and online assessments to teach students for free. Courses include traditional subjects such as K-12 math, biology, chemistry, physics, finance to subjects as diverse as songwriting, gamification, and cryptography.[2] Tutorial Schools There are also specialised schools for tutoring such as Kumon and EduHub. These supplemental hands-on learning programmes are especially popular in Asia.[3][4] Some schools such as the LSE offer tutoring schemes that allow older students to tutor younger pupils.[5] Internet Internet computer tutorials can take the form of a screen recording (screencast i.e. Lynda.com), a written document (either online or downloadable), jQuery tutorial (e.g. Joyride jQuery Tour), interactive tutorial (e.g. Kera), or an audio file, where a person will give step by step instructions on how to do something.[6] Tutorials usually have the following characteristics: A presentation of the view usually explaining and showing the user the user interface A demonstration of a process, using examples to show how a workflow or process is completed; often broken up into discrete modules or sections. Some method of review that reinforces or tests understanding of the content in the related module or section. A transition to additional modules or sections that builds on the instructions already provided. Tutorials can be linear or branching. While many writers refer to a mere list of instructions or tips as a tutorial, this usage can be misleading. Computer-based tutoring In computer-based education, a tutorial is a computer program whose purpose it is to assist users in learning how to use (parts of) a software product such as an office suite or any other application, operating system interface, programming tool, or video game. There are 3 kinds of software tutorials: 1) video tutorials that the user views, 2) interactive tutorials where the user follows on-screen instructions (and—in some cases—watches short instruction movies), whereupon he/she does the tutorial exercises and receives feedback depending on his/her actions; and 3) webinars where users participate in real-time lectures, online tutoring, or workshops remotely using web conferencing software. See also Tutor Online Tutoring Tuition agency Teaching assistant How-to Knowledge base References ^ "Key Strategies for Effective Tutorials". University of Waterloo. Retrieved Feb 20, 2013. ^ "Coursera Courses". Coursera. Retrieved Feb 20, 2013. ^ "Meet the 'tutor kings and queens'". BBC. ^ "Tutoring Spreads Beyond Asia's Wealthy". New York Times. ^ "LSE Student Tutoring Scheme". LSE. ^ Zhang, Taige (Jan 19th, 2013). "Web Apps Onboarding: How to Treat Your New Users"

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