Statistics of My Teaching
Robert Jasiek
http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/teach.html
a bit of statistics is available:
Frequency
My pupils take these numbers of lessons:
40% = 1 lesson
20% = 2 to 10 lessons
40% = more than 10 lessons
This result defies ordinary expectations; one would have guessed a
higher percentage for intermediate numbers. Now my experience is
though that pupils, who can afford it, become addicted with my
teaching:) Or rather they realize that they need to learn a lot and
can learn it from me.
Kind
20% = written teaching
80% = online/verbal teaching
This surprises me the most because, IMO, the contents per price is
higher for the written teaching. Apparently interactive teaching is
more popular.
Effects for those with Regular Teaching
(For those having taken exactly 1 lesson, I have too little feedback
to know about improvement effect)
67% = rank improvement ca. 1-2 ranks within first 10 lessons
33% = knowledge improvement but no rank improvement (yet)
0% = neither rank nor knowledge improvement
Reasons for Having Exactly 1 Lesson Only
(In order of frequency.)
- cannot afford regular teaching
- already got desired advice
- no time for more lessons [yet]
- [not stated reason]
Joel Olson
news:1ql4q4t7io06ggm55...@4ax.com...
>
Perhaps the appropriate analogy is to visiting a doctor,
with the patient deciding if he's cured.
Robert Jasiek
<joel_...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Perhaps the appropriate analogy is to visiting a doctor,
>with the patient deciding if he's cured.
The pupil must take an active part, but merely his decision to visit a
teacher is insufficient. The "doctor" has to open his eyes and fill
knowledge gaps. While the "what is wrong part" might be done by the
pupil himself in some cases, many players don't see the (right) trees
amidst the forest.
Joel Olson
>
I would expect the pupil must take a very active part, putting the
teaching into practice.
The original thought was that the pupil, noting a weak area in his
game, would consult the teacher for a "fix", something like taking
the occasional golf lesson.
And yes indeed, many of these self-diagnoses are wrong. I see this
even at the casual club level. They complain about the mid-game
while losing in yose. Or lose it in the fuseki and have a miserable
mid-game.