A key component of the AVID Elective class is the tutorial process.  

Purpose:

• Create a deeper understanding of concepts covered in content classes

• Develop skills necessary to become self-directed learners while increasing collaboration and inquiry

• Tutorials are not homework help

Process:

• To push each other's thinking, AVID tutorials utilize an inquiry process.  Tutors do not give answers; they facilitate the process through questioning.

• Students reflect on their learning.

How are AVID tutorials different from "tutoring"?

• Students come prepared with specific questions using a tutorial request form

• Students work and discuss in collaborative groups 

• Students must reflect on their own participation in the groups and on how the group worked together

• Tutorials are not “homework” help sessions