private tutoring

One-on-one lessons

Private tutoring is one-on-one or small-group instruction outside the regular classroom, typically paid for by parents seeking academic help or enrichment for their children.

A private tutor might help a struggling student catch up in math or prepare a high achiever for standardized tests: She hired private tutoring for the SATs.

The practice ranges from informal neighborhood arrangements to expensive professional services.

Opposites
group size

private tutoringgroup classes

Instruction with multiple participants

group lessons · classroom instruction · mass education · public schooling

instructional setting

private tutoringpublic schooling

Government-provided K-12 instruction

state education · compulsory education

pedagogical approach

private tutoringself-directed learning

Education you control yourself

independent study · autodidacticism · rote learning

Family

private, tutor, tuition, tutoring, tutorial

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G