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"We worked on fractions, including focusing on comparing fractions with different denominators and converting fractions to decimals. "

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"The student and I spent the session catching him up on a few new concepts that he didn't quite have a foothold in. These concepts were inverse trig functions and hyperbolic trig functions. Mostly we just worked through understanding the basic theory behind them. In future sessions I'm sure we will be dealing with more of the calculus application, but for now we have a good start. This was overall a very productive session without issue."

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"We worked on some practice questions for the student's high school entrance exam as well as her spelling bee vocabulary. Mostly, we aren't worried about her being able to get far in the spelling bee so much as we are hopeful that studying these words will help improve her vocabulary."

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"In biology, we covered DNA, RNA, replication, translation, and transcription. I explained the experiments that led to replication discovery, and we reviewed basic vocab. We also discussed how mutations in codons can cause diseases. In pre-calc, we went over trig cosine and sine addition/subtraction identities, which the student could perform comfortably after a few practice tries. We also discussed how to approach trig proofs (transform to sine and cosine, get rid of the denominator, simplify), and he felt much more confident after a few problems. He is currently getting an A in both math and biology!"

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"Today we went over two reading sections from old SAT. Both sections included passage comparison subsections, which have been of particular concern. The student did better on the second of these than the first, and we reviewed missed questions and test-taking strategies. As she practices with additional passages, I expect she will find which of these strategies she is most comfortable with. Despite time challenges with the section , she did better overall. As has been consistent, literary passages and florid, metaphor-rich language present more difficulty than social science and science passages. This reflects her strengths and preference for science over literature. I suggested that she briefly glance over the topics of passages before starting a CR section, so she can organize to give trickier passages more time as needed."

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"We worked on several problems on a sample exam, concentrating only on problems that addressed concepts that we have worked on together. The student was very strong in some areas, but had forgotten how to properly factor quadratic equations, which caused her some difficulty on several examples. We will work more examples on factoring next week to strengthen those skills before moving on to new material."

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"We talked about more trigonometric identities. The student had a bit hard time with the identities, since it's not fun to memorize all the trigonometric identities. I showed her how to use the most basic identities to prove all identities, explaining that that shouldn't require much memorization. If she understands how to get these identities, it is easier to keep them in mind."

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"The student and I worked first on studying for his chemistry quiz, which he is going to retake tomorrow after classes. The subject is the gas law, and in specific, the mathematical portion. Once he can memorize the pV/T relation, he should be doing great, provided he can work more organized and neatly. After that we worked on algebra 2; in specific plotting logarithms. Again, he needs to slow down, and organize his answers and equations, and then he will be fine; the math is not the problem at all."

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"Tonight the student and I focused on her weekly math packet that is a review from previous material we have worked on before. She has greatly improved in her math techniques and there seems to be a new confidence in her. She was able to get the majority of the packet complete, so she only has to finish about 1/3 of it on her own before it is due. However, we did discuss each type of problem involved so there will be none that she can't do herself. "

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"We reviewed chapter 10, volume of cylinders, spheres, prisms, square pyramids, and cubes/rectangles. The surface area of pyramids, cones, spheres, prisms, and cylinders she was a little bit confused, but once I reviewed the formulas and did practice problems she had it. We did the chapter test and some problems I found online to help her review for her test on Wednesday. She told me she felt ready for her test. I reminded her that she should write down the formulas so she doesn't make any mistakes, and also told her to repeat them so she can memorize them, even if her teacher provides them on the test. "

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"Today I went over Riemann sums with the student. I covered left-hand sums, right-hand sums, and trapezoidal sums. I also went over homework problems with him. The problems covered definite and indefinite integrals, and minimization and maximization. "

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