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Ellen Says: A private tutor is a private instructor who teaches a specific educational subject or skill to an individual student or small group of students. Such attention allows the student to improve knowledge or skills far more rapidly than in a classroom setting.

Tutors are often privately hired and paid by the student, the student's family or an agency. Many are used for remedial students or others needing special attention; many provide more advanced material for exceptionally capable and highly motivated students, or in the context of homeschooling.

Tutelage is the process of being under the guidance of a tutor. Tutoring also occurs when one adult helps another adult student to study a specific course or subject that he/she is taking to get a better result.

The adult can also let the student work on his own, and can be there if the student has any questions.

Gbex says: Students currently enrolled in a type of higher education passing down the knowledge to other peers in an academic field of study is known as academic tutoring.

This is seen as important for students who are struggling to get help from others in academic setting so that they can excel. A class room setting is typically not enough for students to learn all of the material that they need to know in order to pass the test or to go on to harder classes.

Academic tutoring from students at a higher grade level or experience (Ivy League Schools) in an academic setting can help to encourage and strengthen a student so that they do not fall behind.

Lawrence says: Online tutoring is a new way for a student to receive help, either scheduled or on demand. Sessions are done through a proprietary application where a student and tutor can communicate.

Common tools include chat, whiteboard, web conferencing, teleconferencing and other specialized applets which make it easier to convey information back and forth. For example, there may be a specialized applet designed specifically for mathematics which allow the use of symbols.

Online tutoring has been gaining popularity over the past couple of years due to the ease of being able to connect to a tutor at moment's notice when help is required.

This is especially effective when a student is studying for a test that is scheduled for the next day at school and is stumped on a particular problem. Not all online tutoring companies offer an on-demand tutoring service.