Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Hyattsville, MD

"The student and I continued our review of Taylor series and worked on problems involving polar coordinates and parametric equations."

"I worked with the student on an algebra review worksheet: solving quadratics by factoring. Her skills of factoring a quadratic with a leading coefficient of 1 are strong; she is also quite capable in basic equation manipulation (getting one side of the equation to =0, and quickly setting up and solving two-step equations). We worked on factoring quadratics with a leading coefficient other than 1, factoring a common term from a quadratic before attempting to factor into binomials, and factoring by different paths (that ultimately lead to the same answers). We went over last week's quiz (score: 41/50) and corrected each mistake. She had difficulty answering questions because of vocabulary and nomenclature: interior of an angle; linear pair; naming a line. Overall, her understanding of the material was strong; a few points were lost due to rushing when taking the quiz. She completed a geometry homework assignment based on surface area of a 3-dimensional figure. We discussed different ways to visualize the area of a trapezoid, and how each of those visualizations results in equivalent formulas. We also worked on being able to reconstruct any area formula if you just memorize the basics: rectangle, triangle, circle. Finally, I gave her a mental challenge to review and reinforce last week's topic of polygon angle sums. I pretended to be a student who misunderstood the method, and thus had an incorrect sum. At first, she could only tell me the correct sum; eventually, she could both use the formula, and explain to me--the student--where I had gone wrong in my thinking. She is very willing to persevere to make sense of math problems, and to explain her thinking aloud. These skills make her a joy to work with--in addition to being good for acquiring higher math knowledge."

"The student finished her homework in science before reviewing her math for her quiz the next day over multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers."

"During this session, we focused on PSAT questions. The student wanted to focus on PSAT questions because he has the exam coming up. He needs to work on proportions and working with fractions. We went over various questions. Overall, this session went well. "

"Today the student and I continued on with the next chapter in his math book. I am lecturing him on graphing and lines in an effort to get him ahead for the next chapter. He has had a few days off due to the holiday so it's a perfect time to push forward in the subjects."

"The student had some assignments on forces and friction, and she worked her way methodically through them all. She was able to correctly solve all of the problems, including one she had missed last session. "

"We just did some reviewing before the student's final tomorrow. He was already really familiar with everything we went over since it was a review. The new things we did go over were the 11 body systems, which he also did really well in. At the end of the session he let me know that he felt a lot more confident about taking his final which was great to hear! "

"Today we looked over some physics practice problems, most of which involved rotational momentum and energy. The student did an excellent job of using the equations and applying her knowledge to the problems. We had a chance to go over misses from her last test. She was making minor mistakes in calculation, and her conceptual understanding of the material appeared to be very good! I'll talk with her again next week at our usual time."

"Today we covered triangles, distributive property, solving equations, volume, area, order of operations, stem-leaf plot, and median. We went over one math lesson and reviewed for his upcoming test. The student was positive towards the material that was reviewed. I gave him tips on median and how to read stem and leaf plots. I left him with another math lesson to do. The student understands mean, median, mode, and range pretty well. He should do very well on his test . "

"The student was reviewing material for a quiz the concentration of the tutoring session was factoring polynomials. With the factoring we used the grouping method, which he seemed to understand. We completed several problems from his review packet. I feel he understands the topic covered. "