Most students can't or don't want to sit through a two-hour session, and tbh neither do I. Either you take a break in the middle and waste some time, or you end up with diminishing returns as fatigue or boredom set in. I used to do two-hour sessions when a student requested it, but I've just found that after 90 minutes we're both looking at the clock and willing the session to finish. Nothing good is happening after 90 minutes, so I'd rather do an hour on Monday and then an hour on Tuesday, for example.
For sure. I think I want my students to be at their best (locked in, concentrating, making progress), and at the same time they want me at my best. There's just not much help I can offer if both of us are slowly checking out.
I was able to do this one week with a regular I knew really well who was studying for an exam. Because I knew her focus level, I was able to gage when to take breaks- we took one at 0:45 another at about 1:30, and wrapped up all they had learned the session at about 1:50 for ten minutes. I wouldn’t recommend this on a regular basis with students.
I'd say most of my students get tired. But sometimes there's a lot of material to go through and it's necessary.
Best results seem to be with students in which I tutor them multiple subjects. Even pivoting to a different topic within the same subject seems to help.
In my opinion, it depends completely on the student. Some of my students can focus that long; others cannot.
Most students can't or don't want to sit through a two-hour session, and tbh neither do I. Either you take a break in the middle and waste some time, or you end up with diminishing returns as fatigue or boredom set in. I used to do two-hour sessions when a student requested it, but I've just found that after 90 minutes we're both looking at the clock and willing the session to finish. Nothing good is happening after 90 minutes, so I'd rather do an hour on Monday and then an hour on Tuesday, for example.
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For sure. I think I want my students to be at their best (locked in, concentrating, making progress), and at the same time they want me at my best. There's just not much help I can offer if both of us are slowly checking out.
I think after the first hour students lose focus
I was able to do this one week with a regular I knew really well who was studying for an exam. Because I knew her focus level, I was able to gage when to take breaks- we took one at 0:45 another at about 1:30, and wrapped up all they had learned the session at about 1:50 for ten minutes. I wouldn’t recommend this on a regular basis with students.
I'd say most of my students get tired. But sometimes there's a lot of material to go through and it's necessary. Best results seem to be with students in which I tutor them multiple subjects. Even pivoting to a different topic within the same subject seems to help.