EzyMath2025-11-04T21:41:20+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Primary School Learning
Keeping Students Engaged in TutoringI’m finding it hard to keep one of my primary students interested during tutoring. Her attention span is short, so even fun methods previously used are getting boring. Currently we are learning division – are there any fun games for this as I am ..
EzyMath2025-11-04T12:40:51+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning, Starting Tutoring
I’ve just started with a grade 3 student. We are doing 1 hour twice per week in order to cover gaps as well as school work. It is quite hard at the beginning to decide where to start as he is very intelligent but is lacking so much ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:35:06+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Our daughter Georgie has been working with David for a few months now and some great progress has been made. We are thinking of taking a break over the holidays but don’t want her to forget all the work. Do you have any policies to do with holidays?A ..
EzyMath2025-11-05T21:32:26+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
One of my maths students has requested that I come once every fortnight, and I’m finding it hard to "cram" everything they have learnt in class for the past 2 weeks into an hour-long tutoring session.Why Fortnightly Sessions Don’t WorkGenerally speaking, having fortnightly sessions does not work. It ..
EzyMath2025-11-05T21:30:31+11:00Posted in All Categories, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Starting Tutoring
I have just started tutoring math with a new student who is quite introverted. The first lesson was a little awkward and I’m not sure about assigning homework in such a situation and how that would mix with the relationship building side of things. ✨Setting Objectives for the ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:02:31+11:00Posted in All About Exams
📚 Student OverviewMy student in year 11 is an extremely competent student and his main issue is speed. I am trying to get him talking aloud and this is helping clear his thoughts a bit but he still pauses for too long in between steps. I will often ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T19:43:15+11:00Posted in All Categories, Teacher & School Issues
One of my students is currently learning a new topic at school. The method that her teacher uses must be a new approach to teaching this maths topic or perhaps the teacher’s own invention. Either way, I am not 100% familiar with it and I’m not sure the ..
EzyMath2025-11-05T22:12:36+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Impact of Holiday on LearningMy student will be on holiday for 5 weeks, thus missing out on 2 weeks of term 1 and the first week of term 2. Because of this, we are trying to get her ahead in her school maths topics. However this is proving ..
Gene2025-11-04T22:15:10+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Confidence
Initial ChallengesI’d say that my biggest achievement while being a tutor was taking a year 12 general math student from around 30% up to and above 90% within a few months. We began tuition a few months into the year, and from what I understood, this student, (we ..
Gene2025-11-04T12:48:03+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection
IntroductionMy name is David Bouskila, I have been with Ezy Math Tutoring for 2 years now and have taught a wide variety of students over that period. I believe my current situation gives me the ability to view the tutoring process from two main perspectives - the client ..
