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"In this session, we covered topics from probability, including probability trees, the counting principle, inclusive and exclusive events, and Venn Diagrams. The student was very quick to work out the nuances on many of the types of problems, including drawing items with and without replacement, and how it affects the space of possible outcomes. There was a bit of difficulty recognizing when a counting principle problem called for exponentiation rather than multiplication, but that was also quickly resolved. Since the student seemed comfortable with most of the material of the chapter, I decided to challenge them further by introducing conditional probability through advanced examples that run counter to one's intuition, such as the "Monty Hall" problem, and the seemingly contradictory answers to the "Boy or Girl Paradox" and "Bertrand's Box Paradox". "

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"Today the student and I went over her synonyms and fill-in-the-blanks. Overall, she did better on the synonyms, which is rare. However, it's good because teaching strategies for FITB is easier than for synonyms. So we spent today going over her incorrect answers and then discussing strategies for FITB. I gave her work to do in her other prep book that will expand her vocab, and I also told her to look up words she doesn't know while she's reading. I will see her on Tuesday, when we will be having our sessions from now on."

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"We started out by playing a game where the student had to match a certain amount of money in coins with the same amount of money in different coins. Next, she read a long story to me called, "Backseat Driver," and answered multiple choice questions about it orally. She answered open-ended questions about the story by writing the answers in complete sentences on a whiteboard. After the story, she and I worked on money problems where she had to find out how much more money she needed to buy a certain object in a store. We worked on place value and counting up by tens from 5 and from 10. The goal was to help her see that she doesn't have to count up by ones each time she wants to add ten to a number."

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"The student wanted help with linear equations, so I chose a few practice problems, and we reviewed them together. Overall, he seems to understand and grasp quickly. We also reviewed solving inequalities since he had some trouble the last time. He wanted some help with expressing numbers in exponents and doing prime factorization. We also reviewed adding and subtracting fractions, and then I challenged him with a problem on dividing fractions. He had some trouble with that, so we will review it again. "

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"We reviewed purchasing vocabulary for a department store or supermarket. We worked on listening skills, especially making an appointment."

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"The student and I discussed a number of topics. He already speaks English very well, but is interested in improving further. Although he does not make many mistakes, during our conversation I corrected his grammar and pronunciation as needed. Given that he is strictly interested in improving his speaking skills, he has requested no additional materials or work. For the next session we will discuss American politics."

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"The student and I started the session as usual with a worksheet of mixed multiplication problems. He quite easily worked through about a quarter of them before getting distracted and needing encouragement to focus. This is a noted improvement. At the beginning of the session, he was already able to do a good portion of the problems from memory as compared to last week. Once he'd finished all the problems he knew off the top of his head, we worked through the rest by using graph paper to draw out the problems as rows by columns. He does very well with this approach since we can build on the drawing for multiple problems and he doesn't have to start from scratch. Once we'd finished the worksheet, I let him play his favorite matching game with the digital multiplication flash cards on my iPad. "

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"The student had another great session today! He completed his task list and got right to work on his chemistry worksheet. Then, we worked on math. He did very well finding the trigonometric functions of angles. He ultimately was able to subtract 360 degrees or 2 pi from the angle until he found an angle on the unit circle. In the final 30 minutes, he began writing his position paper. He will finish his topic background paragraphs by the next time we meet so that he can finish his paper on time. "

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