Biology Peer Tutoring - 2/9/10

After school at peer tutoring today, only one student stayed after for help in biology. It was a girl in my class who had missed the previous lesson, so I was able to fill her in on what we had just learned from Ms. Kehoe and then work with her on some handouts. I felt comfortable with the material, even though I had just learned it, and because I had already done the handouts I was able to direct her towards the answers by explaining this recent class instruction. I was happy to reiterate what I had just learned as well, seeing as it helped me lock it into my memory. This peer tutoring really has been great, because I exercise my knowledge as I teach. The girl I was tutoring also had some handouts from Ms. Kehoe that the rest of the class hadn't actually received. They were on pedigrees, so as I helped her with those I got a bit of a preview of future lessons.

My friend Sophie was tutoring some freshmen in math in the same room as I was working on biology. At times, she got confused with what she was teaching so I stepped into help. I think I effectively explained some problems, and this helped solidify my confidence in my tutoring abilities. Not only can I clearly present information in biology, but I am a good enough tutor that I can help others in a subject that I'm not even very good at. This whole CAS activity makes me think I'd be a good teacher, perhaps even at an IB school.