To all BIT students of the HSW Brugg-Windisch of the FHNW

What is a tutorial?
Answer: it is a help for exam preparation
Dear BIT students
With this letter I would like to inform you about the offer "tutorial".
The tutors are the older students (higher semesters) or yourself (first semester),
if you are particularly good at mathematics or programming
and would like to help your fellow students.

1) What will you be offered?

Your tutor will provide you with 12 hours of guidance and tutoring.
Tutorials are only offered in mathematics and programming.
It does not matter who is studying part-time or full-time as the material is identical.
You can form a tutorial group with colleagues and then find your tutors.
You can also have a private tutorship (= private lessons = 1-to-1 supervision).
All tutorials are voluntary and free of charge for you.

2) How do you find your tutor?

First possibility:
If you know a classmate who can help, ask him, if he wants to be your tutor.
If this is the case, the tutor must contact me by e-mail.
So, as mentioned before, first-semester students can also be tutors.
Second possibility:
You (first semester) will receive (by e-mail) the e-mail-list of tutors.
With this, you can ask a tutor regarding a possible tutorship.
PS: Since IM-students have the same lecturer and the same learning matter as
you (BIT-students), you can also ask an IM-tutor to help you in mathematics.
Third possibility:
The tutors will receive (by e-mail) the e-mail-list of the first-semester students.
With this, the tutors can make you (first semester student) a tutoring offer.

3) How and when does the tutoring start?

Basically, you can start as soon as you have found each other.
You are completely free concerning the form: You can start when you want to,
even only a few days before the exam - but this is not recommended.
You choose whether you want 12 single lessons, 6 double lessons, 3 half-days.
The only condition is, as mentioned, that the tutor does 12 hours of tutoring.

4) Why don't you have to report to me?

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I (Buchli) only need to know the tutors because they receive for their work
1 ECTS point and a work certificate if the tutoring was good.

5) What question do you have to answer at the end?

After the exams (March) I will send an e-mail to all the first classes,
to check the work of the tutors. If you have benefited from a tutorial
you will only have to answer one simple question (by e-mail):
"Was your tutor helpful and did he/she provide 12 hours of tutoring?".
If "YES", the tutor will receive the certificate and the ECTS point.

FAQ tutorial:
1. How do you behave: passively consuming or actively creating?
You (first-semester students) are not passive recipients, but active learners and thinkers.
You do not expect ready-made answers from the tutors but seek solutions together.
You are the customers, and you must clearly communicate your wishes to your tutors.
Tutors are facilitators rather than teachers - they help to structure the learning process.
Tutors are colleagues and help not only professionally, but also humanly and strategically.

2. What should be done in the tutorial: Theory, exercises, or repetition?

The tutors must ask the first-semester students what they want, i.e., ask, whether theory should
be explained, whether exercises should be solved or whether exam tips are desired. You must also
decide, whether the contact takes place physically (at the FHNW) or via "distance learning " (video).

3. When to work: Fire drill before the exam or regular meetings?

Although regular meetings make much more sense to catch up on the material, experience
shows that students often prefer fire drills before the exam - tutors should consider this.

With kind regards

Reto Buchli
Responsible for the tutorial

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