"From its beginnings as a high school tennis club through its evolution into providing tennis and academic mentoring and tutoring activities, the organization has been a positive force for Hartford's youth".
The judge also said the parents must consult with each other before enrolling their child in any tutoring activities, and that Stone's telephone number should be programmed into Roan's cell and home telephones.
14 voluntary senior students were intensely prepared by consultants for their peer tutor activity.
Three students mentioned that they were concerned about problems of competence or authority before starting their tutoring activity.
For example, one study found that peer tutoring activity correlated with higher motivation among medical students [ 17].
Items are arranged according to the three introductory questions of the focus group, the time point (before, during and after tutor activity; right column) and frequencies of reference.
Given that engaging in tutor activity has been shown to result in significantly greater content-specific and generalized cognitive profit than being tutored [ 29], this expectation would appear to be justified.
Main motives for their tutoring activity were participating in a relevant medical education project, the expected increase in own expertise in technical skills and the personal satisfaction linked with the teaching activity itself.
Positive personal feedback for their tutoring activity, both directly during the training sessions and through the web-based survey tool after the completion of focus groups, was reported to be a strong motivating factor.
Ross & Cameron [ 5] suggest that the amount of training should be dependant upon the requirements of the tutor activity, and suggest a needs analysis in order to develop a specific training package.
An interesting statement was made by two other tutors concerning the financial compensation of the tutors: while they agreed that this reward adds professionalism to the project, they also mentioned that compensation should not be too high in order to avoid tutor applicants with exclusively financial interests and no personal identification with their upcoming tutor activity.
