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Nicole: Walnut Creek tutor
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...be interactive, engaging and creative. If the student is not engaged , able to interact with the teacher & able to express one self creatively than learning is no longer taking place bc the student has checked out:(. The classroom climate is set by the teacher's attitude which should be positive & focused on the...
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Bachelor in Arts, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kenny: Walnut Creek tutor
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...work and allowing my learned knowledge and innate skills speak for themselves. I eventually found my passion for shooting narrative films, both short and long form and have had the good fortune to work with talented directors, actors, producers and others from around the world. Films I shot have been screened at film festivals around...
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Bachelor in Arts, Communication, General
Abby: Walnut Creek tutor
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...for a high-stakes interview. I'm passionate about helping students build confidence in their voices. I love working on writing and editing, public speaking and interview preparation because these aren't just academic skills, they're lifelong tools that open doors to opportunities. Outside the newsroom, I'm an avid reader and writer, and I bring that same enthusiasm...
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Recent Walnut Creek Tutoring Session Notes
This day we covered sections 6.5 and 6.6 graphing of the sine and tan functions. The student also completed a quiz and attempted a few questions of a pretest.
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We immediately started on math homework, the focus of which dealt with probability and fractions. He was actually very capable in this subject, a lot of the homework and past assignments seemed to have been overlooked due to a lack of interest, not lack of ability. He seemed eager to just complete a problem by fishing for answers, but when he slowed down, it came quite easily. I suggested some arithmetic shortcuts and multiplication tricks.
We finally discussed his interests, and I hope to be able to find an outside field to which we can apply his current math study, likely sports or travel. Study skills, science, and some language arts will be other topics where help may be needed.
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During this session we went over practice AP questions. The student and I went over a few units and a few questions. Overall this session went well.
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The student is getting ready for a quiz tomorrow on some new material. We talked about functions, their graphs, domains, ranges, even/ oddness, and finding the above from formulas. The student has a reasonably good understanding. Mostly he needs to learn to review details.
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We reviewed the different types of angles, including alternate interior, alternate exterior, same side interior, and same side exterior. I demonstrated by drawing the letter z, both forwards and reverse. The angles formed at the corner were alternate interior angles. I suggested to the student that he look for the z shape when looking for alternate interior angles. We also covered the midpoint formula to find the midpoint between two points on a Cartesian plane. Averaging the x and y coordinates gave us the coordinates for the midpoint of a line segment. The student was eager to learn the material.
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We have specifically gone over the sum/difference formulas, half-angle formulas, etc., and how to apply them to practice problems. The student was able to understand the directions, but has a difficult time utilizing the new tools he learned in reaching the goal of those directions. I gave him some experiences I learned when tackling these types of problems in order for him to improve his skills on effectively utilizing these formulas over time. Overall, the session was excellent.
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