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About Alaster
Experienced and Adaptable Maths Tutor
Alaster is a dedicated private tutor with a strong background in teaching early high school students. His experience includes simplifying complex mathematical concepts to make them more accessible and understandable. He excels in developing communication and negotiation skills, ensuring that each student receives personalised attention tailored to their unique learning needs.
Proven Leadership and Teamwork Skills
Beyond tutoring, Alaster has demonstrated significant leadership and teamwork abilities as part of his high school's sound and lighting team. He effectively managed stage setups for performances and assemblies, proactively ensuring smooth operations. Additionally, he mentored younger students, teaching them the intricacies of operating technical equipment.
Strong Academic Foundation
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering, Alaster combines his academic prowess with practical teaching skills. His educational journey equips him with critical thinking and problem-solving abilities essential for effective tutoring. Parents can trust that Alasterβs solid academic foundation supports his capability to provide excellent educational guidance in both Maths and English subjects.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
Translating enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy into physical attributes, Le Chateliers principle Finding and solving initial equations for max/min questions
Translating enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy into physical attributes, Le Chateliers principle Finding and solving initial equations for max/min questions
Identifying similar triangles Rearranging formulae in a simple way, avoiding mistakes Understanding what is being found in max/min questions (to determine whether to differentiate or set to 0)
Cancelling factorials Identifying how to simplify trigonometric expressions
Cancelling factorials Identifying how to simplify trigonometric expressions
Recognising which operation to use in which circumstance (e.g. multiplying or adding for areangements) Understanding when and where signs need to be flipped when dealing with negative multipliers.
Applying logic used in previous questions such as induction
Applying logic used in previous questions such as induction
Recognising where expressions can be simplified with algebra to manipulate answer to meet requirements
Finding equivalent ratios Simplifying ratios
Finding equivalent ratios Simplifying ratios
Ensuring ratios are as simple as possible when decimals/fractions are involved. Applying ratios practically