tutee
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7.5
- noun
- /tuːˈtiː/
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alumno
- After school, the tutee often asked questions about the homework to better understand the material.
- tutor/tutee
- assist their tutees
- instruction of tutee
Examples
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Throughout the year, more difficult texts were added as both the tutors and tutees developed their literacy skills.
Academic text (2001) -
On Tuesday and Thursday, they interacted with their tutees in math and second grade.
Academic text (2001) -
One student was a tutee, performing the task as specified on the card.
Academic text (2009) -
The interventionist then asked, "What sound does it make?" and prompted the tutee to make the sound.
Academic text (2014) -
If baseline data remained stable, the next tutee began the intervention condition.
Academic text (2014) -
In the comparison condition, both the tutors and tutees separately received instruction.
Academic text (2015) -
The training of cross-age peers must be substantial to meet the needs of tutees with severe disabilities.
Academic text (1998) -
The objective of cross-age peer tutoring is to refine or enhance tutee skills by providing advanced instruction.
Academic text (1998) -
Only one negative rating from the tutees was about the location (cafeteria) of the tutoring sessions.
Academic text (2014) -
The tutee was eager to learn new math concepts during the tutoring session.
Synonyms
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5.0
A person who gets advice and training from a mentor
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7.8
A person who gets help from a more experienced person at work or school
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tutee comes from tutor, meaning a 'teacher', plus the ending -ee which means 'the one who receives'. Think of words like trainee or employee, where the 'ee' person is being trained or employed. So, a tutee is the person being taught by a tutor.