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"We went over the language section of the student's practice test, focusing on all of the problems that she missed initially. We made a list of things to look for and practiced reading sentences out loud to identify grammar mistakes. She then worked through a reading practice test, which we reviewed by finding the main idea and argument in all of the passages. I am sending her math flashcards as well as reading practice to review before Sunday's session. She will write down the main idea and argument for all of the reading passages to help her identify the correct answer."

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"Today, we moved on to math, starting with quantitative reasoning, recapping the problem types (chiefly the comparisons), and doing brief reviews of the math concepts necessary for the test. We then talked about basic strategies and did the practice sections in the prep book."

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"We finished our last session. I finished going over the diagnostic exam, and we partially did Practice Exam 1. We focused on the language/reading comp/verbal portions of the exam. I will email the answers for Practice Exam 1 and 2 for additional review before his actual exam on Wednesday."

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"It was the last-minute tune-up session. We worked largely on the verbal usage section, which he had a bit of difficulty during the student's placement exam a few weeks ago. We covered the tricky grammar topics, such as irregular verbs and punctuation."

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"This was our last session before the student assessment exam, so we spent a lot of time on the reading section. I stressed to him the importance of skimming, summarizing in your own words, skimming the questions and then going back into the passage, and underlining all of the answers. Before the test, I recommended that he really go over all of the language rules for capitalization and punctuation. Otherwise, I feel that he is ready for the test ahead!"

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"We worked on tutor-supplied placement exam practice test 5. In the math section the student missed ten questions. On section 2 (verbal), he missed five questions. On section 3 (reading), he missed nine questions. He will find his best improvements in reading carefully and interpreting the problems."

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"For our final session, the student and I reviewed the Mathematics and Quantitative practice problems he had gotten incorrect during one of the full-length practice tests. The student was able to work out and correctly answer them with minimal assistance."

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"Tonight, we went over the student's quantitative reasoning section from last session. He did well, and he only got three questions incorrect. Afterwards, he worked on two sections: reading and language. I emailed his mother two reading passages for him to work on with comprehension questions and told him to use some of the prep book as well to guide him through practicing. He gave me his language answers, which I will review and go over next session with him."

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"We covered math questions: 1. Simplifying equations/expressions; 2. Solving 1-Step equations; and 3. Fractions (mixed and improper). We also worked on verbal analogies. Working on how to approach problems when he doesn't know the meaning of the word. The student is doing very well. He just needs to slow down some when it comes to math and read the question carefully and go through each step to ensure the correct answer. I also advised him to check his answers when he has extra time. We did several timed problems today, and all of them that he answered incorrectly he still had additional time to work on them. Overall, he is very engaging and polite during our session."

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"Today, the student and I reviewed her assignment from last week, which was a 40-question practice verbal test. She got about 55% of the questions correct, but only spent an average of 20 seconds on each question. I am happy to see she is getting comfortable with answering the questions under time restraints. However, I did notice that the questions and analogies she found most difficult were guessed. I told her that guessing is only OK if she is making an educated guess. I reiterated our analogy strategy from last week and stressed the importance of the process of elimination. After going over the questions and employing the strategies, she showed an increased understanding of how to approach these types of questions. I assigned her a math practice test and more verbal reasoning practice for us to review on Wednesday. We closed our session with a brief quantitative review; I reminded her of some time-saving arithmetic strategies."

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"We went over the student's test scores and developed an action plan to raise them by the next test in a few months. He has a subscription to a great standards-based practice website that we will use in addition to our other materials"