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Like learning how to write a bike for the first time, helping a student understand a new concept is just as an important process of having the repeated safety net of training wheels, increasing in difficulty as time goes on. Teaching is important to do in steps, in graded achievable goals that support a student's confidence to increase their self efficacy and further motivation through celebrating small wins, rather than immediately overwhelming them with complex problems straight away.
One way to effectively accomplish this is to first, walk through the process of a question explaining each step in a clear, logical way. Here, explain them the concept as if they have no prior knowledge in this field, reminding them of the basics and why each step is important to getting the right answer in maths/science or a well crafted completed response in english. Secondly, go through a similar difficulty and style of question while asking the student directly how to complete the question, each step of the way that was previously explained. This will prompt them to think critically about the process they were just taught and the verbalisation aloud of active recall will strengthen their learning. Explaining it for the first time will allow them to better understand the concept as they are grasping its mechanisms and logic for the first time. Thirdly, get the student to try doing the question themselves, but give them the safety net that they can ask you questions at any time, allowing them to take agency and direction of the question where they are positioned to memorise and recall the steps themselves while still being supported with guidance if they forget. Finally, give the student the question to do alone and only go through it after their attempt. This encourages their problem solving skills, mimics exams and builds their self confidence to solve a question independently.
Overall, I have found the strategy of graded teaching as an effective way to encourage students and push them at the same time, consolidating a new concept in their long term memory.
