Usually, tutorials range between thirty minutes to an hour. However, the length of tutoring sessions varies. While we want students to receive the help they need, both tutor and student easily tire and may lose focus after an hour. Intensive thirty-minute sessions may best serve students who have difficulty maintaining focus. On days when several students are waiting, thirty-minute sessions should be the limit.
More rigid policies apply when students wait until the last minute for tutoring.
Ideally, students should seek several tutoring sessions as they prepare for an assignment, rather than waiting until the last minute. Tutors should encourage students to view their learning as a process, not as a last-minute effort. Tutors should not reward or encourage poor planning on the part of the student. Supplemental instructors will tell the students of the stipulated length of a last-minute meeting with a tutor. Tutors should enforce this policy with all students unless the instructor makes other arrangements.