Tutorial

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1 Academia
2 Internet
3 Computer based tutoring
4 See also

Academia

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. The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In British Australian New Zealand Italian and some Canadian universities, a tutor is often but not always a Postgraduate Student or a Lecturer Lecturer is a term of Academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to University Teachers in their first permanent 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 (although it is rare for newer universities in the UK to have the resources to offer individual tuition--six to eight students is a far more common tutorial size). The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the At Cambridge, a tutorial is known as a supervision.

In some Canadian universities, such as York University or the University of Toronto, a tutorial refers to something more like a recitation in an American university, that is, 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. York University (Université York is a public Research university located in Toronto, Ontario. This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus Recitation means a repetition of what has been said before It is used in a religious an oratorical and an educational sense A lecture is an oral Presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject for example by a University or College 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. A graduate school or ("grad school" is a school that awards advanced degrees such as doctoral degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned A teaching assistant (TA is a junior Scholar employed on a temporary contract by a College or University in teaching-related responsibilities At Princeton University, these tutorials are known as preceptorials and are led by preceptors. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. A Preceptor is a teacher responsible to uphold a certain law or tradition a Precept. Woodrow Wilson developed the preceptorial system, intending it to be the main form of teaching. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. However, preceptorials now largely occupy a role that is secondary to traditional lecturing.

In Australian and New Zealand universities, a tutorial (colloquially called a tute) is a class of 10–30 students. Tertiary or higher education in Australia is made up of Universities and other higher education institutions (called higher education providers Education in New Zealand is nominally free for all primary intermediate and secondary schooling Such tutorials are very similar to the Canadian system, although tutorials can occasionally be led by honours or postgraduate students, known as 'tutors'. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described In British Australian New Zealand Italian and some Canadian universities, a tutor is often but not always a Postgraduate Student or a Lecturer

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. St John's College is a Liberal arts college with two US campuses Annapolis Maryland and Santa Fe New Mexico. Great Books refers to a curriculum and a book list Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list the book has contemporary significance 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. Seminar is generally a form of Academic instruction either at a University or offered by a commercial or professional organization

Internet

Internet computer tutorials can take the form of a screen recording, a written document (either online or downloadable), or an audio file, where a person will give step by step instructions on how to do something.

Tutorials usually have the following characteristics:

A presentation of content, usually with an example or examples, 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 game. Computer Based Mathematics Education (CBME refers to a mathematics education method that is enriched by using computers In Computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a Software suite intended to be used by typical A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather There are two kinds of software tutorials: movie tutorials that you watch, and interactive tutorials where you follow on-screen instructions (and in some cases watch short instruction movies), whereupon you do the tutorial exercises and get feedback depending on your actions. Some computer based tutorials can also be put up on the web.

Dictionary

-adjective

Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

-noun

A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed, at their convenience.
Interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.

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