Tutors and Tutorial

A crucial feature of the AVID program is the use of college students and cross-age students as tutors. Trained tutors serve as guides and facilitators of the students' learning through Socratic questioning techniques.

The goal of a tutorial is four-fold:

To teach students the skills needed to work collaboratively to solve problems;
To empower students to answer their own questions by posing questions which help students to think more deeply about what they are learning
To guide students in high-level discussions of critical topics as a means of developing vocabulary, enhancing discussion skills and fostering thought processes which will enable students to succeed in rigorous courses; and
To reinforce writing skills through review of notes, learning logs, and essays.