Hi there,
I am PhD graduate in Psychology. I would like to offer my service to tutor your son on writting. I am familiar with Theories and Concept of Learning Psychology. This is a good opportunity for me. My approach are student-centred and activity-based learning. You will not find me asking your son to memorize.
Here are what I have in mind:
1) Writting start with the mind (then with the words). I would like to apply De Borno creative thinking techniques to stimulate ideas. Here we can start by asking your son to connect his current knowledge and experience to the topic. If not imaginative techiuqe will be used.
2) Mind-mapping. I will coach your sons to organize his thoughts and ideas using mind-map
3) Depending on his style, I would see wheither to apply Toulmin's model of presenting arguement. Or to stick with "thesis statement" approach
4) To facilitate your sons constructing arguement in writting. E.g., thesis statement, supporting arguement, example, conclusion
5) Practice. This is not a normal exercise. I would ask him to state his idea in layman term and evaluate his writtings. This exercise would give indication which part of writting that need to be improved; the idea, the vocabulary, the arrangement and structure, etc.
I am open for discussion on how my knowledge in psychology would be able to help your sons. Sometime its not techical issue, it could be psychological e.g., motivation, interest, attention, etc.
Regards,
Mohd Ferdaus