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Alexey

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I graduated from Stony Brook University with a B.S. in Psychology. I intend to go on to graduate school in the fall of 2016. I hope to use my education in Psychology to better the education system and bring about changes that allow students to better understand the importance of their education, while at the same time helping teachers shape students to seek success on their own.

My interest in education has led me to work with a variety of age groups in a professional setting and tutor a few subjects down the line. My favorites to tutor are math related subjects and chemistry. Chemistry in particular because you get to combine real world boundaries and math to arrive at meaningful answers. I also enjoy Psychology since it was my major.

I believe anyone has the potential to learn the concepts that underline math and chemistry. It helps when every student gets their own individual approach, which is often hard to come by in big classrooms. Some students do better with straight analytical work, while others get behind the subject really well when it is related to their physical world.

My interests include working out, parkour, teaching, video games, cooking, hunting down the best and cheapest food in NYC, and I am a fan of fall and spring fashion.

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Alexey’s Qualifications

Education & Certification

Undergraduate Degree: Stony Brook University - Bachelors, Psychology

Hobbies

Psychology, Child Education and Development, Cooking and Food, Physical Conditioning, and Video Games.

Tutoring Subjects

Algebra

Algebra 2

College Algebra

Elementary Math

Elementary School Math

General Chemistry

High School Chemistry

Homework Support

Math

Other

Pre-Algebra

Psychology

REGENTS Prep

Social Sciences

Study Skills

Study Skills and Organization

Test Prep

Q & A

What is your teaching philosophy?

I believe anyone is capable of learning anything with the right requirements, which happen to be a good introduction to the subject and a pace that is right for the individual student.

What might you do in a typical first session with a student?

Get to know how the student feels about the subject at hand and a little bit about the student him/herself. If the student is comfortable with the subject we can jump right into studying, but if not, it is important to take some time to make the student feel more comfortable with the subject.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Make the subject more engaging. You can do that by showing the student real-world applications of the subject and relate them to his/her interests. You can also make the student feel comfortable with the base material, but encourage and praise the effort of a student when tackling harder problems.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Relate success in the subject or at school to the student's interests outside of the classroom. Emphasize they are in control to make the best decision, which in turn can make them stronger.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?

Take a step back from the problems. Talk to the student a little bit to relax them, and ask them about their previous experience with the subject. Resulting problems could occur from a previous bad experience, testing/subject anxiety, or a poor introduction to the subject or problem at hand. Once we find the origin of the difficulty in learning, we work slowly to progress through it.

How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?

We go back to simpler sentences and analyze them together as a team until the student feels comfortable enough to analyze a few of their own. Then we slowly climb up in terms of difficulty.

What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?

It depends on the subject. I personally find math to be better explained as a language, and like any language, it requires practice and not necessarily a strong innate understanding. A lot of times students never get a chance to solidify the rules of algebra before advancing further, and a lot of mistakes come from that. So encouraging a broader experience and doing more problems will help the student. With chemistry, I like explaining it from a point of stability and energy levels. Emphasize that the world wants to be stable, and that different energy levels affect the stability of the world.

How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?

Relate the subject to their personal interests. Emphasize that people are not born good at anything, but everything is born from effort. Get the student comfortable enough with the basics, and they eventually may enjoy the praise they receive for trying a harder problem, which eventually will lead to succeeding with the harder problems.

What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?

After allowing the student to do a few problems on their own and making sure they are correct, I will give the student a problem already answered and ask them to explain whether it is correct or not and why. Some will be incorrect, others will be correct.

How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?

With more exposure to a variety of topics and problems within the subject. Just as a musician feels more confident in their instrument the more songs they are able to play, the more confident a student should feel the more problems they've solved.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

Ask their parents for a record of previous performance (verbal accounts are enough). Then talk to the student about how they feel about the subject, and what they would like to know about it, as well as what they find the hardest/most scary about said subject.

How do you adapt your tutoring to the student's needs?

Adjust the rate of advancement through the subject, and the level of difficulty of problems the student encounters during the tutoring session.

What types of materials do you typically use during a tutoring session?

Previous versions of exams the student is studying for. A textbook or notes from class would be of great help to understand what the school and/or teacher requires from the student. The Internet is a useful tool in looking up visuals and double checking our answers (I have encountered regents exams with incorrect answers marked correct). Also, this allows students to show the teacher things that they either know about the subject that are specific cases, or just show off their general interests. Pen/pencil and paper! You can't beat written work.

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