Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Hampton Bays, NY

"The student and I worked on a homework assignment together involving velocity word problems. He did well overall but would still benefit from lots of practice in order to solidify his understanding. He has a good attitude about learning, but I would like to see him work on being more patient with himself while doing these problems. Sometimes he would like to get to an answer right away which is not realistic for multistep word problems. We talked about this and he responded well, so I am hoping to see some improvements here. More practice will also help with this. I asked him to try to finish the last two problems without me and to go back over the problems we already did and try to solve them without me there. We will go over them next week before they are due. He says he has been doing well on all of the assignments that have been graded so far; however, he had 2 quizzes that weren't graded where his missed a few problems due to simple mistakes. We went over the quizzes and talked about test taking strategies that might help him prevent those kinds of mistakes such as reading the questions thoroughly, using extra time to go over problems again, asking the teacher if he needs clarification on the instructions, and looking at the final answer and reasoning whether or not it makes sense. Overall I think the student is doing well at this point in time and would like to see him continue to improve with lots of practice. "

"We covered the "Squeeze/sandwich theorem" as well as a few ideas of existence of limits. We then covered some ideas on continuity and tangents lines on piecewise functions. The student came to the session with specific questions and we were able to cover all the material in the given time. "

"The student and I worked on the properties of logarithms and exponential expressions. We practiced expanding simple expressions into multiple logarithmic statements and compressing statements with multiple logs into a single expression. We also learned the change of base formula and practiced using it to calculate non-standard bases."

"Student A: We reviewed various linear equations and introduced the concept of absolute value equations. Student B: We reviewed proof of quadratic equations and practiced laws of exponents (advanced). "

"We went over multiplying polynomials. Remember: 1) Multiplying monomials and polynomials: Multiply the coefficient and add the exponents 2) Multiplying binomials: For instance, (x+3)(x+4). Remember that each term in the first expression has to be multiplied by each term in the second expression. So it is NOT x^2+12 (like you did at first). It would be x^2+4x+3x+12=x^2+7x+123) When solving word problems, make sure to define your variables before you get started. So when you were told that the length of a rectangle is 3 inches greater than the width, make sure to write down width=x length=x+34) As always, recheck your work by reworking the entire problem so you don't make minor mistakes. :) Great session, I look forward to working with you again tomorrow."

"We reviewed the student's practice quiz/test. It covered finding the area between two curves, finding the area of rotation, finding the length of a line, and finding the surface area of a line rotated about an axis. We worked through about 15 problems in these areas, going over the equations for both y=f(x) and x=f(y). The volumes we found used both the method of shells and the method of disks. We covered a lot of difficult integration problems, and we successfully solved all the problems on the practice quiz. He seemed to have a good grasp on the material and was quite fast at setting problems up and integrating, which was excellent."

"We reviewed some problems for the student's test tomorrow, including finding exact values of trig functions, and solving triangles."

"The student did awesome in his test prep today! We went over most of the problems on his practice test and focused heavily on factoring and different ways of factoring equations. We went over a few word problems that made sense to him after we started them out together. By the end of the lesson, he was able to factor the equations without any assistance from me and was correcting some previous mistakes that he had been making. I'm sure he is going to do amazingly on his test!"

"For today's tutoring session, the student and I reviewed for her final exam. We reviewed over her semester's tests that she got back to study. We mainly solved over problems that she missed and I think that it had helped her a lot. I will be meeting with the student this Thursday for another review session. "