Does Tutoring Work?
Do students who use Academic Tutoring have higher success rates than students
who do not? The answer is YES!
Tutorial Services, in conjunction with Cuesta’s Research Department, reviewed
three semesters of tutoring contacts, or approximately 82,180 individual student
contacts.
*Student contact is a one-hour session per week, per subject for
approximately 15 weeks.
Good news! When comparing success rates by number of tutoring sessions, the
students with higher success rates are those who had at least 5
tutoring sessions or more per semester.
A strong correlation exists between success and number of tutoring sessions;
students who were tutored more than 10 times had very high success rates.
SUCCESS = Final Grade of A, B, C, or CR
| Number of Sessions |
Successful |
Not Successful |
| No Sessions |
68.5 % |
31.5 % |
| 1 – 4 |
66.0 % |
34.0 % |
| 5 – 10 |
74.9 % |
25.1 % |
| 10 + |
85.8 % |
14.2 % |
Tutoring
- fosters self-motivation, self-confidence
- promotes the value of learning
- creates a feeling of control over one’s educational destiny
- provides many students with employment
Tutors help students
- develop and use their knowledge and skills more effectively
- apply skills to other content areas
- improve course grade
- become independent learners
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