Tutoring: the key to academic success?
At a time when achievement gaps are widening and competition for places in the best schools is in full swing, the benefits of tutoring are beyond question.
When school performance is not meeting expectations, tutoring is all the more necessary for academic success. Better results, renewed confidence and consolidation of skills: this pedagogical tool has more than proved its worth!
What is academic tutoring?
Academic tutoring is a personalized approach based on a simple principle: to offer students a learning space adapted to their needs, outside the classroom. Unlike the regular classroom, the pace is adjusted, explanations are rephrased and mistakes become levers for progress. For these reasons, tutoring is enjoying a real revival in Quebec and just about everywhere else.
What’s more, the need for school support has increased sharply since the pandemic. Several institutional reports, including those by the Auditor General and the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation, have highlighted the emergence or worsening of learning delays in a significant number of students. As a result, many families have turned to solutions that complement school, such as tutoring, which has naturally emerged as a flexible, accessible and structured solution.
What impact does tutoring have on learning?
One of the main benefits of tutoring is improved academic performance. Internal data from Tutorax, a well-established player in Quebec, is unequivocal: 95% of the 10,000 students supported saw an improvement in their results after just a few weeks. The reason for this exceptional success rate lies in the regularity of the sessions, the personalized lessons and the quality of the tutor-student follow-up.
A reassuring environment conducive to progress
The other strength of tutoring is the possibility of learning without pressure, in an individual or small group context. In this configuration, students benefit from more support and longer attention spans, allowing them to ask questions and progress at their own pace. To put it briefly, their relationship with knowledge evolves.
There is also a trusting relationship between tutor and student that encourages concentration, commitment and perseverance. For some students, it is the first time they have really felt heard. For others, it is an opportunity to overcome their own stumbling blocks.
A positive effect on confidence and motivation
The link between self-esteem and academic success is well established, and this is precisely where tutoring comes in. As a result of their progress, students regain their confidence, are more willing to take risks and demonstrate more perseverance. Motivation takes hold, sometimes for the first time. It’s a virtuous circle: when children understand more, they feel competent. This leads to greater participation and therefore greater progress.
What kinds of students benefit from tutoring?
Contrary to popular belief, tutoring is not just for students who are struggling. The truth is, it is just as relevant for students who are doing well and want to go further, consolidate what they have learned or delve deeper into certain subjects. In a class of 25 to 30 students, you don’t always have the space to ask all the questions you might have or to explore what you’re passionate about.
For students who are neither struggling nor at the head of the class, tutoring helps prevent silent drop-outs, which are not immediately obvious but slow down progress. For students who are already performing well, it is a way of stimulating their curiosity, acquiring effective methods, and preparing for competitions or entrance exams, without pressure.
Kaleido and Tutorax: a partnership to support students
In light of the above information, we at Kaleido are aware that families’ efforts are not always enough. We chose to work with Tutorax because their approach, based on respect for children’s rhythms, active listening and pedagogical quality, is very much in line with our own values. Together, we offer personalized support, whether in the form of individual tutoring or in small, homogeneous groups, online or at home.
Our objectives are clear: to help students fill their gaps, consolidate their foundations and regain their confidence. We also want to give them lasting tools such as autonomy, organization and persistence. Tutorax offers a real support program, tailored to the actual needs of each student.
