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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
I am a teacher and researcher by nature, so helping others understand ideas is a fundamental motivator for me. I appreciate tutoring in particular as a structure for helping others understand ideas, because it allows me to engage one-on-one with students and to diagnose their individual intellectual needs. I find that one-on-one teaching is often more effective for targeted improvement on certain thinking skills and technical knowledge than the bulk statistical approaches of classroom teaching.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
My approach is to encourage students to seek a deep and thorough understanding of the subject under study, by encouraging curiosity, agency and accountability with knowledge, and the application of critical thinking skills. I am particularly good at promoting the development of these general thinking skills, and consequently my students often appreciate rigour and abstraction at an earlier stage than their peers.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
Students can of course vary greatly in their strengths, difficulties and needs. This is true both intrinsically and as a function of development and external context. The most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is therefore to diagnose those individual needs, and "meet the student where they are." The essential problem of tutoring is to diagnose the state of a student's knowledge and intellectual development, and adapt their communication of ideas such that the student's knowledge and thinking develop optimally towards their best possible state.Subjects Tutored 🎓
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Rhys and I continued with his review exercise sheet. We spent roughly half of the class time on equations of circles and the other half on surds. Rhys was engaged ...
Rhys and I continued with his review exercise sheet. We spent roughly half of the class time on equations of circles and the other half on surds. Rhys was engaged as always, but his issues with fundamentals and mathematical maturity made it quite hard for him to study these two topics.
Rhys' main problems are weaknesses in fundamental knowledge about algebra and arithmetic. These issues are weakening Rhys' ability to engage with more advanced material, which depends on understanding the earlier ideas well. This limits Rhys' ability to study math with the academic maturity required for his current course. To fix this, Rhys should devote significant time to revision and enrichment classes for earlier material. It would be good to start this during the break, when he has more time to study freely as needed instead of following the progression of his main course for which he is not yet prepared.
Julian and I discussed the interpretation questions regarding his experiment. He seemed to have the data analysis mostly sorted out.
Julian and I discussed the interpretation questions regarding his experiment. He seemed to have the data analysis mostly sorted out.
Julian had some confusions about the sources of variance in his measurements, and about whether his data has sufficient resolution for him to say that he measured a trend in flight time vs. wingspan. He should think a bit more about how variance affects inference.
Julian and I finished the interpretation questions and discussed the improvement questions. His presentation of the data and question responses seem nicely ...
Julian and I finished the interpretation questions and discussed the improvement questions. His presentation of the data and question responses seem nicely organised. One of the questions is about the advantages and disadvantages of paper as a material for whirlybirds. It was a bit difficult to expand upon how to improve paper whirlybirds to be honest.
Julian could have dug a bit deeper to understand how to improve experimental design. His main comment was that the drops should be done inside to reduce wind, which is of course true. But it seems that variation in the whirlybirds themselves was significant for example.
Julian and I discussed visual design for his science infographic. He made some nice aesthetic choices, and seemed to take in the idea of reducing clutter and prose ...
Julian and I discussed visual design for his science infographic. He made some nice aesthetic choices, and seemed to take in the idea of reducing clutter and prose to maximise the visual mode of communication.
Julian should be sure to clean up and organise his infographic a bit more before submitting it.