one-on-one instruction

Individual teaching sessions

Teaching delivered by a single instructor to a single student, as opposed to group or classroom settings.

The format allows personalized pacing, immediate feedback, and focus on individual needs: She made more progress with one-on-one instruction than in any class.

Common in tutoring, music lessons, and specialized training.

Opposites
group size

one-on-one instructiongroup instruction

Teaching several simultaneously

classroom teaching · mass education · lecture · seminar · workshop

instructional modality

one-on-one instructionself-study

Learning independently, without guidance

self-directed learning · autodidacticism · independent study · independent learning · correspondence course

Family

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