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When tutoring, I enjoy watching students develop a deeper understanding of the content being taught, asking further questions about the topics demonstrating their fluency in the topics.My Strengths as Tutor πͺ
I believe I am good at breaking down harder concepts into individual relatable, easy to understand components to teach separately, then bring together to more thoroughly understand the content.Most important things I can do for a student π
Not only can tutors help build up a students' confidence in areas they are particularly weak in, but they can also give insight into what is to come in further years of school and how to prepare for such content.Subjects Tutored π
- Physics tutoring in Westmead
- Chemistry tutoring in Westmead
- Maths tutoring in Westmead
- Engineering Studies tutoring in Westmead
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- Naplan tutoring
- HSC tutoring
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- year 12
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:
Critically thinking to solve projectile motion questions and determining related rates, naming and understanding polymer structures.
Critically thinking to solve projectile motion questions and determining related rates, naming and understanding polymer structures.
Remembering specific mechanisms for polymerisation, applying knowledge of derivatives to graphs.
applying general differentiation and integration rules to trig functions, finding related rates, finding tangents.
applying general differentiation and integration rules to trig functions, finding related rates, finding tangents.
Log laws, minor errors when plugging values into calculator & finding exact values.
Explaining how soaps and detergents work, as well as their differences. Applying formulas and rearranging to find derivatives using implicit differentiation.
Explaining how soaps and detergents work, as well as their differences. Applying formulas and rearranging to find derivatives using implicit differentiation.
Small mistakes such as accidentally missing part of an equation when differentiating or swapping a + for a -
Understanding how soaps work, and reaction conditions for esterification/saponification.
Understanding how soaps work, and reaction conditions for esterification/saponification.
Efficiently balancing equations, remembering states of molecules, recalling exact terminology for soaps (e.g. surfactant)