And
even online tutoring services, such as MindLaunch, are starting to match tutors with students based on personality assessments that make it more likely that students and teachers can build good rapport.
New research
by online tutor service, Tutor Hunt, today revealed that 88 per cent of primary and secondary students surveyed felt there is pressure on them to perform to a certain level in exams, yet almost half (42 per cent) revealed that despite this, their school does not, or is unable to, offer any additional support.
While most other
online tutoring services automatically match tutors with students, Johnston said InstaEDU wanted to give users the opportunity to select their tutor because they believe students learn better from teachers they like.
She and her sister, Serena, 10, a fourth grader at Malibu Elementary, are just 2 of the 350 Americans enrolled in Growing Stars,
an online tutoring service that is based in Fremont, Calif., but whose 38 teachers are all in Cochin.