Tutor expertise in adult education

Students with a common interest are encouraged to reflect, share their thoughts with their peers and develop analytical thinking and communication skills during the process.

Ultimately, the students who were assigned to the groups led by content experts scored significantly higher on their final exam.

[6] In another study, conducted at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, it was determined that expert tutors use their knowledge to ask more effective questions and are better equipped to keep the groups from floundering.

[7] This raises the question of whether a process expert can adequately assess student progress and determine when intervention is optimal and beneficial.

While ongoing debate and research on this topic continues, several common threads have evolved and opinions on the effectiveness of this approach include: Given these determinants, one dares to ask if the issue is actually content expertise versus process expertise or rather what is the minimum requirement of each component which would produce the most effective tutor?