Gene2025-11-06T06:51:37+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has been sick for the last few weeks and has thus missed a substantial amount of maths - any tips for catching them up?This is a fairly common scenario in tutoring. Here are some suggestions.1. Get the Student on Side 💪First get the student ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T06:55:30+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Study Habits
Introduction to Studying ChallengesStudents will deal with a lot of issues in their lives while at school, and due to all the different things competing for their interest, it’s hard to focus. Studying is no different; however, the effectiveness of studying can be greatly reduced if students are ..
Gene2025-11-07T23:53:32+11:00Posted in All About Exams
Methods to get students more comfortable with tests? 🎯A short answer is *practice practice practice*. Maths tutoring is not just about drilling content into the heads of students – we need to teach students how to study effectively, find their own learning strategies, how to prepare for exams, ..
Gene2025-11-04T22:08:33+11:00Posted in All Categories, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Starting Tutoring
Client was difficult to try and relate to initially, with a very introverted personality. Perhaps better engaging techniques for probing information to try build rapport, or approaching super-shy personalities.First of all, you should recognize that *some students will be easier to develop a rapport with, others harder*. These ..
Markus Curry2025-11-06T21:00:50+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Senior & High School Learning
Understanding the Challenges 📚Sometimes it can be a variety of reasons why your child isn't reaching their potential in high school. Due to a nexus of factors, some students might not perform to their best ability at certain times. There are a lot of reasons for this which ..
Gene2025-11-08T00:08:56+11:00Posted in All About Exams
Challenges in TeachingMy student’s teacher did not specify which topics will be taught in the coming weeks and assessed in the next exam. I was not able to teach him in advance most of the modules. This means he has several knowledge gaps so I have been trying ..
Gene2025-11-08T00:11:18+11:00Posted in All Categories, Teacher & School Issues
One student’s teacher is a little uncooperative. At my bidding my student requested mathematics homework from school, since the teacher was not giving the students any maths homework. Instead of giving the student extra work for the topics they were covering the teacher gave her homework of topics ..
Gene2025-11-07T20:47:47+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Senior & High School Learning, Study Habits
I now have a struggling student who will be in yr 11 this year. Things will be far more serious and I want to make sure I do the best possible job I can, that she also is motivated to keep things from going downhill. I have dedicated ..
Gene2025-11-05T21:52:19+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One of my students is a grade 6 boy suffering from learning difficulties. I'm not sure exactly how to bring up the topic of progression with his mother. I worry that come exam time she will be expecting large improvements but because of his difficulties I think ..
Gene2025-11-06T06:52:48+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Having some trouble maintaining a consistent schedule with one of my students (in Year 7), especially close to her exams and also getting her to complete all set work at home.Understanding Time Management 📅*Time management* is challenging for most adults so it is hard to expect too ..
