tutoring 1. (Education) the act of teaching or instructing 2. (Education) remedial or additional teaching, designed to help people who need extra help with their studies

A tutor, formally also called an academic tutor, is a person who provides assistance or tutelage to one or more people on certain subject areas or skills. The tutor spends a few hours on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis to transfer their expertise on the topic or skill to the student. Tutoring can take place in different settings.

What is tutoring? Tutoring is educational support, either one-on-one or in small groups. It’s different from regular teaching in that it’s meant to be supplementary, meaning it works to support or complement regular classroom activities.

tutored; tutoring; tutors transitive verb 1 : to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular purpose : coach 2 : to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of intransitive verb 1 : to do the work of a tutor 2 : to receive instruction especially privately Synonyms Verb educate indoctrinate instruct lesson school

Tutoring is an age-old practice. The dictionary definition describes a tutor as a person who gives individual, or in some cases small group, instruction. The purpose of tutoring is to help students help themselves, or to assist or guide them to the point at which they become an independent learner, and thus no longer need a tutor.

a teacher who teaches a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject he or she finds difficult: His parents got him a tutor to help with his maths. …

tutoring in British English. (ˈtjuːtərɪŋ ) noun. 1. the act of teaching or instructing. He made his living by a mixture of tutoring and journalism. 2. remedial or additional teaching, designed to help …