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"The student tried to work on some of the problems on his own before the session, so I had him explain his problem-solving process to me for the problems he already started on. I was more interested in understanding what mental tools he uses and what goes on in his mind as he's working on difficult problems. He is getting a little better at re-reading the problems for understanding, whereas before he would just skim through it once. I am trying to teach him to be more independent. I want him to be confident and accurate in doing the work on his own. I asked him what were the most important things to focus on when doing harder problems, and he said to "slow down, and write it out." I challenged him and actually told him to go as fast as we wants and not re-check it work. He seemed confused by this and said that "you're supposed to check over things to make sure it's right." So I told him that when working through these problems, to only do what he thinks will help him solve it (so he can work according to his natural strengths). I showed him that when he writes things down on paper, he can solve things nearly 100% with little help because he has information to reference to. But when he tries to do it all in his head, he gets confused and can't solve it. This made sense to him and he was able to see based on his experience how writing things out made him better. I think this will make him more willing to want to do this on his own."

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"The student and I went over the rest of his multiplication facts and started on some of his division facts. We will be doing more logic problems when we next meet."

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"We reviewed for the second half of the student's final, going over linear inequalities, exponential functions, quadratic functions, and polynomials. She needed a bit of review on some arithmetic rules (in particular rule for exponents) but otherwise did well with the material. "

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"Today we drilled for the math and verbal sections. Both students are doing very well with the practice questions. I left extra verbal practice."

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"The student has a Geometry test tomorrow that deals with Euclidean proofs (geometric and algebraic) as well as Boolean logic, and inductive and deductive reasoning. We used this time to go over his notes and make sure that he had a solid understanding of the material. Since he got a 27/26 on his last quiz, I'd like to say he does. Once he gets his grades back from this test, we'll be able to adequately note his progress. He really is an excellent student."

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"We spent this session working on ratios, rates, and percentages. We focused in particular on word problems. For ratios, we both worked on calculating ratios from given information and using a given ratio to find information about the original values (e.g., the number of boys and girls in a classroom). For percentages, we worked on deriving original prices given a known discounted value and deriving new values after things like taxes. We also discussed how ratios relate to fractions and rates relate to lines. The student was already familiar with the basics of rates and percentages, so he was able to quickly pick up on how to do the word problems in question."

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"Today we looked over the completed common app essay which we brainstormed together last week. We then looked over a first draft of an essay which the student wrote for one of her colleges. After briefly looking over this essay, we began brainstorming an alternative prompt involving her experiments to find the derivatives of pieces of music. This is a complicated essay topic and we spent a great deal of time finding the "entry point" that would make it accessible and worthwhile for a reader unfamiliar with calculus. After we finished brainstorming she wrote an intro paragraph which we reviewed. She will continue to work on this essay and hopefully we will be able to meet to edit that draft before she has to submit the essay on January 1st."

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"We reviewed the concepts for triangle congruency postulates (i.e. SSS, ASA, SSA, SAS) and went over practice problems in the textbook. After going over a few problem sets to ensure that the student has a good grasp of the concepts, I shared some problem solving approaches for these type of questions, such as the importance of identifying triangles with sufficient information for analysis as a first step. From this session, she seems to have gained more confidence applying the concepts. The plan for our next session is to go over her test from last week once her teacher returns it to the class."

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"At this session, the student and I went over the muscular and skeletal system to prepare for his quiz tomorrow and test on Friday. We went over the main bones in the body where I pointed to a bone and he had to tell me what it was. Every time we went over it, he could answer all of the questions perfectly. We then went over the specific composition of bones and how they are made. Finally, we discussed the different types of muscles and their functions. "

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"We practiced some problems to get prepared for the student's test. It is about solving radical equations. "

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"I tried to cover the basic definitions and functions of the cell organelles. I marked the pages in the book to read and will revise all the concepts in the upcoming session. I in detail informed the father of the student about the current prep of the student for the exam. "

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