Do You Sign Up for More Tutoring (Or is There Another Option)?
If your child is struggling through another school year, you may be seeking out tutoring as a solution to help them overcome learning challenges and achieve better grades. While tutoring is beneficial for some, it might not always yield the desired results for everyone. Here are some of the things to look at to make sure you’re choosing the best option for your family.
Benefits of Tutoring
Tutoring can be an excellent tool for academic support and improvement. Some of the benefits of tutoring include:
- Personalized or Small-Group Attention: Tutoring offers one-on-one or small group attention, allowing students to focus on their specific problem areas and receive personalized guidance.
- Tailored Learning: Tutors can tailor their teaching style to match a student’s learning preferences, making the learning process more engaging and effective.
- Subject Mastery: Tutoring enables students to develop a deeper understanding of the subjects they struggle with by spending more time on these problem areas.
- Catching Up: Tutoring is the right option for your family if your child missed a lot of class time for any reason (or if the learning situation in the class wasn’t ideal and took away from the quality of instruction).
Why Tutoring May Not Be Working
While tutoring has its merits, it may not always lead to the desired outcomes for various reasons. First, it often takes a very surface-level approach that focuses on addressing immediate academic concerns. While this may help in the short-term with better grades, it’s not addressing the reasons WHY the content was so hard to grasp for your child.
Tutoring also follows a set schedule. This means that for many people, they only see the benefits while the child continues with a tutor rather than seeing long-term independent improvement. This can lead to an endless cycle of needing tutors year after year to continue seeing the desired growth and achievement.
Finally, oftentimes tutoring replicates the struggles of the classroom. Many tutors are trained teachers, which is great if the reason for needing tutoring is missed class time, but it often leads to mindsets and strategies that are not working for your child in the first place.
Brain Training: An Alternative That Builds Learning Skills
Brain training offers an alternative approach to tutoring that centers around strengthening core cognitive abilities critical for learning. At LearningRx, we focus on the following aspects:
- Cognitive Skills Enhancement: Brain training targets specific cognitive skills like memory, attention, logic, and processing speed, enhancing a student’s ability to learn and retain information.
- Personalized Programs: Brain training centers develop personalized training programs tailored to each student’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses, providing targeted improvements regardless of where they start.
- Flexible Learning: Unlike tutoring, brain training programs are adaptable to an individual’s pace, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of concepts before moving forward.
- Long-Term Results: By addressing the root cognitive issues, brain training helps students develop sustainable learning skills that can be applied across various subjects and situations. Our research has shown a 97-99% retention rates in all cognitive skills over a year after completing a brain training program!*
- Improved Confidence: As cognitive skills improve, students gain confidence in their abilities, which positively impacts their academic performance and overall outlook on learning.* Here’s more about how strong cognitive skills make kids more confident >>
If you’re tired of the endless cycles of tutoring, accommodations, and continued struggles, it’s time to take a deeper look at WHY your child is struggling in the first place. Click here to learn more about our process at LearningRx! >>
*Results based on past clients. Individual outcomes may vary.
