Observation of Matisse Tutoring Ancient History

Matisse's student arrives and she begins the lesson by exchanging pleasantries about their days. He begins telling her about his exam results and brings out his paper for them to go through. They go through the marking criteria of the exam and begin reading each question and the feedback he received from his teacher.

After they have read the feedback from their exam, they start going through his assessment task notification and Matisse breaks down all of the topics that will be in his next exam. Matisse explains that the exam is mostly source analysis and begins asking her student what he feels is his biggest weakness going into the exam. He explains that he struggles with analysing and putting his thoughts into logical and organised paragraphs. Matisse begins searching for sources which might help with practicing historical analysis. Additionally, they refer back to his exam for specific points to improve upon.

Matisse sets him a question to practice working on which she will read later. Once he is finished answering the practice question, she reads over it and starts giving him targetted advice based on the feedback he received in his exam. She makes sure that he references sources more often and links back to the question more explicitly. She continues to set him questions which she marks while he improves following her advice.

The session closes with Matisse giving him final tips for analysing sources.