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Rita: Skokie tutor
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...to teach several sections of freshman composition and poetry writing at Oregon State University. I've studied critical and creative writing intensively during my college career, and I love sharing my passion and knowledge in my tutoring sessions. I've helped students with multiple types of assignments, including literary and rhetorical analysis, personal essays, lab reports, speeches,...
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Bachelors, English
Masters, Creative Writing
Jennifer: Skokie tutor
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...learning things myself. I treat others with respect, and I believe part of teaching or tutoring is to provide support and encouragement, while empowering students to take responsibility for their own academic projects. I have taught life skills to teens in foster care, assisted groups of children with writing and putting on plays, tutored in...
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Bachelor in Arts, Western European Studies
Catherine: Skokie tutor
Certified Tutor
...since then, I have looked for several more of those moments. Whether it is when metered poetry suddenly makes sense, or when a jumble of conflicting thoughts turn into the first paragraphs of an admissions essay, helping a student find clarity is exhilarating. When I'm not tutoring or studying, I listen to podcasts (from murderinos...
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Bachelor in Arts, English
Juris Doctor, Legal Studies
Courtney: Skokie tutor
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...I went back to teaching music. I homeschool my daughter and plan fun and exciting lessons for her daily. I have tutored students struggling with math and pride myself on helping them to find new ways to look at concepts, giving them the ability to understand and succeed. I look forward to working with new...
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Bachelor in Arts, Music Teacher Education
Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration and Management
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Recent Skokie Tutoring Session Notes
Today the student took the first part of the math practice test, timed, from the test prep book. We went over the test, going through each question she missed. Then she took the second part of the math test, timed and went over those missed as well. She struggled with the timing and a few concepts on the first section of the test, but did very well on the second section. She takes her ISEE test tomorrow.
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The topics discussed were balance sheet presentation, income statement format, and make or buy decision. We also covered topics related to cost accounting such as direct labor, direct materials, fixed overhead, variable overhead, period cost, and product cost.
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Reviewed student's recent exam-included base numbers, Mayan numerals, number lines, fractions, etc. Student had done ok on exam. She made mistakes mostly in understanding the wording of the problems and not being clear on what the problem was asking her to do. Once she understood the point of the question, she was able to do the math more effectively. We also worked through a take home quiz-she did well with fractions
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We went over her math homework, which was on place values and understanding tens places as meaning a certain number of tens. Then we reviewed telling time with a worksheet I brought, and reviewed subtracting from two-digit numbers with a different worksheet. Finally, we read through a book she had picked out and learned some new vocabulary, and discussed how the characters felt about each other and the events that were happening in the book.
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For the tutoring session today ahead of his exam on Monday, I worked with the student on review problems his teacher had assigned involving finding the derivative of log, natural log and inverse log functions. He was able to break down the problems into simple, basic steps that allowed him to solve the questions comfortably. He definitely knows the concepts and if he applies this strategy and reviews all his work before submitting the test, I expect him to do really well.
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We reviewed a bit of math while waiting for the student's lab partner to send over the results from last term's bio report. We began to compile the results and analyze the data for trends. At the end of the session I gave her homework to complete as much of the analysis as possible and begin writing the introduction and methods section.
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