It might be an opportunity to think and talk...

The Minimalist approach may be an opportunity to get the student to think and talk. A tutor must be adept at this technique as well as the other tutoring methods. She should be the judge as to when is the best time to pull the MM out of her war chest. I still don't think that it is to be used on every student. Some students may well be intimidated by this manner of tutoring. I think all of the methods of tutoring have the power to get the student thinking and talking.