I try to help students learn how to best study on their own. Instead of doing everything for a student, I want them to be able to learn how to teach themselves so they can be successful in the future, with or without a tutor. How can you help a student become an independent learner? I plan to ask students to have their notes and textbook out with them, and when there are problems they might not know or understand, I would have them flip to that page in their textbook and try reading the background information on their own so they can try to figure it out.