Tutorial

A tutorial is one method of transferring knowledge and may be used as part of the learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture, tutorial seeks to teach by example and provide information to complete certain tasks. In computer-based education, tutorial is a computer program whose purpose is to assist users in learning how to use (part of) a software product such as office suites or other applications, operating system interface, programming tool, or game. The concept of independent learning in the tutorial contains an understanding, that the tutorial is a learning aid in an effort to trigger and stimulate self-reliance, discipline, and self-initiative of students in learning to minimize the intervention of the learner / tutor. Tutorial is a basic principle of "independent student" (student's independency).The main role of tutor in the tutorial are: (1) a "trigger" and "hyper" independent student learning, thinking and discussion, and (2) "mentor, facilitator, and mediator" students in building knowledge, values, attitudes and skills of academic and professional independently, and / or in the face or solve the problems in learning independently; provide assistance and guidance to students on their own understanding of course materials; provide feedback to the student in person or via a communication tool; provide support and guidance, including motivating and help students develop their learning skills.To be caught in the tutorial are not ordinary lectures, built up a relationship bersetara, able to play the roles above, and tutorials to be effective, tutors need to prepare questions that serve to: (1) aroused the interest of students to the material being discussed, (2 ) to test students' understanding of subject matter, (3) provoke students to participate actively in the tutorial, (4) diagnose student weaknesses, and (5) leads students to be able to answer the problem at hand (Hyman, in Suroso, 1992) .

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