Reflective Essay On Tutoring Session

For this assignment, I attended a meeting hosted by Jessica Flowers for my Psychopharmacology course. Before the tutoring session began, my general expectation was that Jessica would assist me in making certain concepts more understandable. I also had the expectation that Jessica would not tell me the answers to difficult problems. Jessica met both of my original expectations and I left the tutoring session feeling more confident about the barbiturates chapter. Jessica demonstrated all of the traits that were listed in the Tutor Observation Checklist. She introduced herself to me and made sure that I had signed in before the session had begun. At the beginning of the session, Jessica asked me how my classes were going before inquiring if there was any specific topic I would like to cover. I explained that I was having trouble understanding the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of barbiturates.
Also, I showed Jessica the quiz on Blackboard for that chapter so that way she would know specifically what types of problems I was

She explained to me that she was having the hardest time understanding barbiturates. The student pulled the quizzes up on Blackboard in order to show me which questions she had missed. Once I saw the questions the student had missed, I had her explain to me everything she knew about barbiturates. The student knew a great deal more than she originally thought. For the questions she had missed on the quiz, I had her look read the chapter in her textbook. Once she found the answers, I had the student explain to me in her own words, what the textbook was saying. At the end of the session, I encouraged the student to read the chapter more thoroughly and even take notes on important concepts. The student came to the session eager to learn and well prepared and the student left with a greater understanding of the