Tutorial

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A tutorial is a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of
a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture, a tutorial seeks to
teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task.
A tutorial can be taken in many forms, ranging from a set of instructions to complete a task to
an interactive problem solving session (usually in academia).

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1Academia
o 1.1Tutorial class
o 1.2Tutorial Schools
o 1.3Conference Tutorials
2Internet
3Computer-based tutoring
4See also
5References

Academia[edit]
Tutorial class[edit]
In British academic parlance, a tutorial is a small class of one, or only a few students, in which
the tutor, a lecturer, or other academic staff member, gives individual attention to the
students.[citation needed]
The tutorial system at Oxford and Cambridge is fundamental to methods of teaching at those
universities, but it is by no means particular to them; Heythrop College (University of London),
for instance, also offers a tutorial system with one-on-one teaching. It is rare for newer
universities in the UK to have the resources to offer individual tuition; a class of six to eight (or
even more) students is a far more common tutorial size. At Cambridge, a tutorial is known as
a supervision.
In Australian, New Zealand, and South African universities, a tutorial (colloquially called
a tute or tut) is a class of 1030 students. Such tutorials are very similar to the Canadian
system, although, tutorials are usually led by honours or postgraduate students, known as
'tutors'.
At the two campuses of St. John's College, U.S. and a few other American colleges with a
similar version of the Great Books program, a "tutorial" is a class of 1216 students who meet
regularly with the guidance of a tutor. The tutorial focuses on a certain subject area (e.g.,
mathematics tutorial, language tutorial) and generally proceeds with careful reading of selected
primary texts and working through associated exercises (e.g., demonstrating a Euclid proof or
translating ancient Greek poetry). Since formal lectures do not play a large part in the St.
John's College curriculum, the tutorial is the primary method by which certain subjects are
studied. However, at St. John's the tutorial is considered ancillary to the seminar, in which a
slightly larger group of students meets with two tutors for broader discussion of the particular
texts on the seminar list.
Some US colleges, such as, Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, offer tutorials
almost identical in structure to that of an Oxbridge tutorial. At Williams, students in tutorials
typically work in pairs alongside a professor and meet weekly, while alternately presenting
position papers or critiques of their partner's paper.
Tutorial Schools[edit]
There are also specialized schools for tutoring such as, Kumon and EduHub. These
supplemental hands-on learning programs are especially popular in Asia.[1][2]
Conference Tutorials[edit]
Offered as a service or deliverables to its members, conference tutorials are one example of a
continuing education activity sponsored by a technical and professional association.

Internet[edit]
Internet computer tutorials can take the form of a screen recording (screencast), a written
document (either online or downloadable), interactive tutorial, or an audio file, where a person
will give step by step instructions on how to do something.
Tutorials usually have the following characteristics:

A presentation of the view usually explaining and showing the user the user interface
A demonstration of a process, using examples to show how a workflow or process is
completed; often broken up into discrete modules or sections.
Some method of review that reinforces or tests understanding of the content in the
related module or section.
A transition to additional modules or sections that builds on the instructions already
provided. Tutorials can be linear or branching.
While many writers refer to a mere list of instructions or tips as a tutorial, this usage can be
misleading.

Computer-based tutoring[edit]
In computer-based education, a tutorial is a computer program whose purpose is to assist
users in learning how to use parts of a software product such as an office suite or any other
application, operating system interface, programming tool, or video game. There are three
kinds of software tutorials: 1) video tutorials that the user views, 2) interactive tutorials where
the user follows on-screen instructions (andin some caseswatches short instruction
movies), whereupon he/she does the tutorial exercises and receives feedback depending on
his/her actions; and 3) webinars where users participate in real-time lectures, online tutoring, or
workshops remotely using web conferencing software.