Perhaps it would make sense to have people comment on the essential content of a course before the tutor and the student shake hands? It might be hard to guess the amount of knowledge one has to impart/consume in just the way that both parties agree on it and it is actually useful. And improvising in the middle of a session is clearly suboptimal.
OTOH, students can help each other, too.
Is there an online test to learn one’s preferred method of learning new material (listening vs reading)? I know that for me, reading about math in Russian is far less tiring than in English, and listening to an English explanation is still more demanding. Perhaps, when people are offered options to choose, they would be able to read stuff in their own time and then come online to review their understanding?
(Sorry for answering your comment instead of the OP, I just can’t copypaste much text when on my phone, and I started typing with some other idea:( I’ll try to avoid it in future)
Perhaps it would make sense to have people comment on the essential content of a course before the tutor and the student shake hands? It might be hard to guess the amount of knowledge one has to impart/consume in just the way that both parties agree on it and it is actually useful. And improvising in the middle of a session is clearly suboptimal. OTOH, students can help each other, too.
Is there an online test to learn one’s preferred method of learning new material (listening vs reading)? I know that for me, reading about math in Russian is far less tiring than in English, and listening to an English explanation is still more demanding. Perhaps, when people are offered options to choose, they would be able to read stuff in their own time and then come online to review their understanding?
(Sorry for answering your comment instead of the OP, I just can’t copypaste much text when on my phone, and I started typing with some other idea:( I’ll try to avoid it in future)