The tutor, Haran, noticed that he has been assigned with a new student. What are the important points that the tutor should discuss with the student during their first session? Select 2 that apply.

• Target grades and working at grades

• Hobbies of the student

• What they would like to get out of the programme

• The maths lessons which they are learning at school

Answer explanation

The tutor has to take the student through the 'Programme starter' slide during the very first session of the student. Target grade/working at grade and what they would like to get out of the programme are the most important points that should be discussed.

Max was finding the lesson "Using Pythagoras' theorem" a little difficult. Max's tutor had to use the support slides for all 3 exam style questions to explain the concepts more clearly. In this case, how should Max's tutor take Max through the "Challenge slide"?

• The tutor should let Max attempt the challenge slide independently

• It is not necessary to attempt the challenge slide because the student was struggling throughout and the support slides were used.

• The tutor can help Max figure out the answers on the challenge slide if he struggles.

• It is not necessary to attempt the challenge question if the student worked on only 1 lesson during the session.

Answer explanation

The challenge slide is used as a form of extending learning for the students who are very confident and who do not require much support from the tutor.

Alicia is attempting the lesson "Expanding double brackets" for the 2nd consecutive week. What should Alicia's tutor do regarding the warm up question on the introduction slide?

• Ask the student to verbally recall what they learned during the previous week

• Let the student attempt the warm up question once again

• The tutor must redo the warm-up question and spend about 5 mins

• Take the student through each and every slide that they worked on during the previous week

Answer explanation

As this is a continuation, it is not necessary to attempt the warm up question once again. Instead, the tutor can encourage the student to recall what they learned during the previous week.

During the session at 35:30 RST, the tutor was unable to hear the student all of a sudden. What are some effective follow up actions the tutor can use to troubleshoot effectively? Select 3 that apply.

• Put up the 'Can you hear me slide?' and check if the situation is a No audio or one way audio situation.

• Check if the volume of the computer and headphones of the tutor are kept at maximum.

• Check if the microphone is muted from the tutor's end.

• Check if the student's microphone is muted.

Penelope is a GCSE student who is always distracted in sessions and tries to change the topic of the conversation towards her interests. Which of the following tutor actions are the most suitable for the tutor to use, in order to adapt to this student? Select 2 that apply.

• Praise the student whenever she answers a question right to keep her motivated and interested in the lesson.

• Be calm and collected and explain the importance of learning the concepts to support their GCSEs and move on with the lesson.

• Try to adapt accordingly by motivating the student to learn the concepts and also since the student tries to change the topic, try to link the concept with the topics the student comes up with.

• Be a bit stern with the student by saying that this concern will be raised with the classroom teacher and try to get the student's attention

While going through the student profile, the tutor reads the following comment: “I like doing mental maths. I don't like talking to people much but I love working out questions on my own”. What should be the most appropriate tutor approach in this scenario?

• Promote student independence and follow up only where necessary.

• The tutor needs to constantly encourage the student to speak throughout the session to get the student to explain each and every one of her answers.

• Following up is not necessary as long as the correct answer is found as the student is not comfortable in talking to people.

• Forcefully try to fill the awkward silence as much as possible to promote engagement.

Collin joined the session at 18:23 RST. However, he was very confident with the lesson 'Working with Ratio' which was loaded in the classroom. By the 4th remaining minute Collin was able to complete all the 3 Exam style questions without moving to any of the Support slides. He was able to provide clear explanations on his answers too. Based on this scenario, what should be the most appropriate next step of the tutor?

• Skip the Challenge slide and move to the 'What have we learnt?' slide to review on the lesson.

• Move to the challenge slide as the student was very confident with the lesson.

• Create and give another question using the blank page in the schola classroom to extend learning for the student.

• Move to the next lesson because there are 4 minutes left.

Answer explanation

Review slide is more important than the challenge slide. Although the Challenge slide is not compulsory, the Review slide is. Hence, it should be completed as it helps the student to answer the PSQs they get after ending the session.

After completing a lesson, the tutor moves on to the next lesson but runs out of time to discuss the concept slides. So they have discussed the Introduction slide only. In this case, what is the most appropriate way for the tutor to mark the S2S for the 2nd lesson?

• Delete the 2nd lesson and keep a note of it in the internal notes

• Mark S2S1 as NMW for the 2nd Lesson

• Mark S2S1 as NT in the 2nd Lesson

• Leave all S2S of the 2nd Lesson as NT

Ansha made a mistake when working out the exam style question even though she was confident with the concept. She mentioned that she got confused for a while and then recalled the steps. However, she was able to arrive at the correct answer. Which of the following are possible steps that the tutor can follow to consolidate learning?

• Take the student through the steps given on the support slide

• Ask the student to recall the steps that they followed to arrive at the answer and what she learned through her mistake

• Move to the white board and give a similar type of question for the student to attempt

How can a tutor prepare for a student's session when it is the middle of a term and there is no lesson selected? (Select 2 correct options)

• The tutor should complete the lesson from the previous week 'if it gets generated as the 1st lesson by the system into the classroom once launched'

• If the system-generated lesson was completed during the previous week, the tutor can then pick the next highest not taught, not On Track lesson from the list.

• The tutor can manually upload any of the in-progress lessons

• The tutor can manually upload any of the lessons, including the On-Track lessons

Answer explanation

These lessons will be updated in the Upcoming Sessions page 10 minutes before the session start time and will also appear in the Schola classroom.