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Megan: Niles tutor
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...Environmental Science and Biology, as well as a minor in Chemistry. I also have my Environmental Education Certificate from the University of Minnesota Duluth. I enjoy tutoring any science subject and math. A little bit more about me: I enjoy playing a variety of sports, including basketball, volleyball, swimming, and softball. I spend a lot...
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Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science
Certificate, Environmental Education
Sally: Niles tutor
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...are algebra, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and general biology. I also tutor general study skills if you are interested in how to become a better student. In my experience, students retain the most information when they know their own learning style and accommodate. I am passionate about helping students figure out how they learn best...
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Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Shayla: Niles tutor
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...Dubuque Theological Seminary. While there as a graduate assistant, I taught a class for three semesters. I've mentored at-risk youth as well as tutored K-12. I love teaching because it's so rewarding to see students succeed, get excited about, and conquer subjects they used to struggle with, hate, or feel defeated by. I also love...
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Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Master of Arts, Missionary Studies
Olajumoke: Niles tutor
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...for being a business and leadership coach, I have coached numerous women in business strategy, marketing, business plan and even creating a catching resume to get their dream job. I am passionate about everything business, website design, and funneling building. In my spare time, I love empowering single moms. My joy is for my students...
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Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems
Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration and Management
Jordan: Niles tutor
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...recently transitioned into being a first grade teacher. I have experience with training, building, and leading large teams. I was the first person to go to college in my family; I have 6 brothers and 1 sister. So far, 4 of my brothers have followed my footsteps through higher education. My other 2 brothers are...
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Bachelor of Science, Business, General
Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration and Management
Anna: Niles tutor
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...taught for high school included biology, earth science, physics, and chemistry. I tutor the courses mentioned above and include the physical science course and other life science courses students may encounter in high school. My favorite subject to tutor is Biology. Biology as a whole has been my passion before I even decided to be...
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Bachelor of Education, Science Teacher Education
Masters in Education, Science Teacher Education
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Yasmin: Niles tutor
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...Composition and Applied Linguistics, an MA in Communication, and a BA in English and Communication (magna cum laude). I've been teaching writing, Communication, and ESL courses at the College level since 2011, have published my research and presented it at national and international conferences. I'm here to help you with you English assignments, questions, conversation...
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Bachelor in Arts, English
Master of Arts, Communication, General
Doctor of Education, English
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Recent Niles Tutoring Session Notes
In this session, we covered topics from probability, including probability trees, the counting principle, inclusive and exclusive events, and Venn Diagrams. The student was very quick to work out the nuances on many of the types of problems, including drawing items with and without replacement, and how it affects the space of possible outcomes. There was a bit of difficulty recognizing when a counting principle problem called for exponentiation rather than multiplication, but that was also quickly resolved. Since the student seemed comfortable with most of the material of the chapter, I decided to challenge them further by introducing conditional probability through advanced examples that run counter to one's intuition, such as the "Monty Hall" problem, and the seemingly contradictory answers to the "Boy or Girl Paradox" and "Bertrand's Box Paradox".
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Today the student and I went over her synonyms and fill-in-the-blanks. Overall, she did better on the synonyms, which is rare. However, it's good because teaching strategies for FITB is easier than for synonyms. So we spent today going over her incorrect answers and then discussing strategies for FITB. I gave her work to do in her other prep book that will expand her vocab, and I also told her to look up words she doesn't know while she's reading. I will see her on Tuesday, when we will be having our sessions from now on.
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The student had a physics test coming up, so we spent the session going through a PowerPoint that had been provided to her. She was a lot more comfortable with these topics, and was better able to jump to the right way to solve the problem. She had some difficulty in knowing which equation to use, but I helped her get a procedure to figure out what she needed. She ended up doing quite well on the test.
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Today, the student continued to practice the strategies that we talked about, this time for math. She did a really good job pacing herself and practicing the over MO that she will use during the test. However, there were a few problems she felt sure of herself on that the book said were incorrect. So, we are going to go over those problems in an extra hour tomorrow and see if we need to change our strategy at all for her test.
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The student and I went over more Gauss-Jordan elimination. I showed him a couple of tricks for solving with larger matrices.
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We started the student's chapter related to ratios. After I explained the concepts, he solved questions from the exercise with minimum help. In the end we also did an ACT question related to trigonometry. He is very intelligent and grasped the concepts very quickly, however he makes mistakes when he does too many mental calculations instead of doing them step by step on paper. I have encouraged him to do questions step by step on paper, as this habit is useful when solving or reviewing complex calculations.
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