The Positive Impact of Small Group Learning on Student Confidence

One to one tuition or small group tuition? How do you know which one will suit your child best? Will my child make the rapid progress they need to catch up with their peers or to pass their exam?

Choosing the right fit for your child depends on their individual needs. While many parents lean towards one-to-one tuition for its focused attention, small group sessions can be equally effective.

Working through practical and abstract concepts together encourages students to get involved, ask questions and have a go for themselves. And doing so in a group allows them to try and watch repeated opportunities to apply their learning and make mistakes building resilience, confidence and independence.

In small groups, students learn to be critical in a respectful way, questioning me or another, and can rephrase or explain the learning to a peer, which is not only beneficial for the other child, but allows the student to be the 'expert'. Explaining their understanding of a concept to someone else not only reinforces learning for both children, but they develop their listening and communication skills too, encouraging a sense of pride and teamwork. These are skills we learn that help us become a lifelong learner - the preparation we need to succeed in life, at school, university or in our careers.

Supporting students to develop their questioning, communication and collaboration skills, encourages a deeper understanding for all students in the group and develops critical thinking. I truly believe that this is where we nurture students' self-esteem, their confidence to persevere and how they feel success. Our sessions are filled with a buzz and excitement for learning because of the resilience, perseverance and collaboration they've developed as a group and the combined sense of achievement they feel when they all achieve.

Children working in pairs learning about BODMAS for the first time, supporting each other to understand the concept and apply the skills needed to solve a variety of questions.