EzyMath2025-11-06T22:44:17+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Study Habits
“I am finding it difficult to enforce the learning strategies…” I am finding it difficult to enforce the learning strategies Talking Aloud, Back Checking, and Pen to Paper and to explain them in such a way that my students are convinced they are important. 🤔Most importantly the students ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:04:40+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
I can never manage to stop my student in year 6 from talking about her friends and experiences with math. Is there a way I can politely tell her to stop talking and listen? Interesting situation. It is great that you have a strong enough relationship ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T21:04:29+11:00Posted in All Categories, Starting Tutoring, Teacher & School Issues
The Student’s Notebook DilemmaThe student's school notebook is empty, she stated that her teacher does not give class notes and only uses the notes from the textbook/worksheet. She student tells me the teacher does not give any notes and i cannot give any notes to her now because ..
EzyMath2025-11-08T00:21:19+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Starting Tutoring
Overview My student is in Year 10, but she does not know her times tables. She even struggles with her 2 times tables. When I arrived, the student and her mother asked me to teach her long division. I am aware that my student needs to build her ..
EzyMath2025-11-08T02:03:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Problem Solving & Independence, Senior & High School Learning, Study Habits
Year 12 student: I need to work on improving her problem solving skills/independent learning, as well as her self-belief (such as trying more questions individually before asking). How do I best integrate some of the learning strategies into tutorial sessions for a year 12 student? Depends which learning ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:30:19+11:00Posted in All Categories, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
Yr 11 Student ConcernYr 11 student has improved well over the past few weeks, but he is still not able to work through problem solving questions well. The biggest concern with him is that he hesitates a lot during class, he fails to cooperate and often suggests that ..
EzyMath2025-11-08T02:05:19+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
I am starting with a new student who is in year 4, is there anything I should prepare in particular regarding math problems, or should I concentrate on their text book they use at school?In year 4 they may not have a text book. If so, this is ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T20:37:00+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Motivation & Interest
One student (yr 11 maths) seems a little lazy with the homework I assign them. I'm not sure whether my approach and attitude when assigning homework is not correct or they are just generally reluctant to do homework. I don't want to be strict in enforcing homework ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T23:51:05+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning, Problem Solving & Independence
**Enjoying the Learning Journey**I always enjoy my time with the year 3 student, we always do some good work while I'm there but I find it hard to be sharp in my questioning, to challenge him in what he is doing and really force him to actually think ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T20:40:44+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Structuring Lessons
My student isn't challenging herself and is lacking the motivation to do so. Right now, I'm just trying to work on harder problems with her to show that she is capable of tackling much more difficult questions. Are there any textbooks at a Year 8 level that you ..
