What to Expect
The Learning Center has 8 peer tutors and 1 volunteer on staff.
Our tutors work with clients in group tutoring sessions and/or individually.
When to seek a tutor:
- When you need help understanding homework
- When your instructor's office hours are booked.
- When you need help understanding concepts and ideas.
- When you need help to prepare for a test.
- When you are falling behind.
What to bring to a tutoring session:
- The textbook
- Notes, syllabus, calculator, past tests and quizzes
- Homework or challenging problems
What not to ask a tutor:
- Do not ask a tutor to do the work for you. Learning is a process and working is an integral part of it. If you don't work, you won't learn.
- Do not procrastinate. A tutor will not cram with you. A tutor's help is not enough to learn in one evening what should have taken a month of methodic work. Tutors will complement your work, provide you hints, suggestions, etc., but will not replace good, honest hard work.
Good attitudes towards tutoring:
- Try your best to understand the material before coming to see your tutor.
- Be an active student in class. Ask questions, participate in class, etc. Many questions can be asked right there and then to the instructor.
- Read your syllabus. Understand what is expected of you in each class and make sure you find and remember deadlines and other special dates. Start working with a tutor early in the semester-don't wait until the last minute.
- Your professor is always your best resource. Try asking your professor first, as soon as a question occurs to you. Bring those responses to the tutor in case you did not quite understand.
Contact Info
Lori Robinson
Coordinator of the Learning Center
256 Arts & Sciences
lori.robinson@gcsu.edu
Phone (478) 445-1179
