Cruzze is strong in this topic. He understands the basics of matrices and knows how to solve them. We focus on doing questions together and I also get him to practice on his own.

Cruzze struggles with unfamiliar questions, so we aim to go through as many of the more difficult questions together as possible. I have assigned him tasks of ensuring his summary book is up-to-date and also to complete a practice sac to go over in our next lesson. In order to get him well prepared for his upcoming SAC, I have also emphasised to him that he needs to practice at home as well in order to do well. In our next lesson, we will focus on practice questions and tips and tricks on how to tackle a SAC/EXAM.

Cruzze is improving a lot! I can see that he is putting his full effort into the tutoring sessions and outside o f school. He does all the work and asks questions w hen needed. He seems to understand this topic muc h better than the last one. I can see a lot of potential in him! I look forward to seeing him flourish continuo usly. When tackling questions he is much better in u sing his notes to assist him and uses his problem solving skills and follows the formula.

Cruzze is doing really well but there needs to be a focus on unfamiliar and complex questions. This comes with practice so I have sent him a practice SAC to complete and also set him to do the short answer questions in his textbook. This will assist him in his upcoming matric es SAC and teach him effective ways to study for a SAC. I will provid e him feedback on these tasks once completed by marking it and furt her narrowing down which areas are his weaknesses. Other than tha t, Cruzze is progressing very well in maths! I praise him for his effort and commitment in our tutoring sessions!

So sorry I forgot to add this session earlier but thank you for your patience! Cruzze seems to be doing very well in this topic! He seems to grasp the basics of matrices and knows how to solve questions.

Cruzze makes minor errors (silly mistakes), for example he might use the wrong information to calculate something even thought his way t o calculate it may be correct but the final answer won't be since he's not using the appropriate information. Therefore, we will work on ensuring that we are being extra careful!

Cruzze has good idea and basis of the basic concepts of matrices. He understands order of matrix and adding and subtracting matrices well.

Cruzze struggles to stay concentrated, I find him often looking around, he seems to overwhelm himself with the work and think the question is harder than it is. Cruzze also still doesn’t have a summary book so I told him that he needs to start making one using the notes in his textbook otherwise I’m happy to send him notes. When doing questions, I do it with him, however, when I ask him a question he struggles with it and overthinks it. Which is why I have told him if you don’t understand what the question is asking you, you should refer to the formulas and notes that are in your summary book (as mentioned he needs to make one and I can help him with this). I have told him to not overcomplicate things and always look at the formula because for some reason he starts making up his own way of answering a question and does not look at the formula!! To improve: we will be working on getting more confident in our answers and using a summary book and always following the formulas!! Also practicing heaps as this is the only way to improve in maths! To achieve this I have started given him homework to complete before our next lesson! Since general maths is not just solving maths problems, it also means that you know how to use your calculator. I have lended him my calculator (CASIO) to compare to his own (TX-Inspire) to see which one he is more comfortable in using. Other than that, I can see that Cruzze has definitely improved from the last lesson but this is all a work in progress! However, as much as I want to put all my effort and work to help him improve, he is the one that needs to put in the work! In our next lesson, I aim to convey this message so he understands this! I really enjoy working with Cruzze, he’s a great and determined student, I look forward for our next sessions!!