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"The student is learning inverse operations and variables. He had around 14 homework problems that he worked on during the session. He had a little trouble with the equation with one variable involving multiplication. I gave him practice problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) so he could master the problems. He did extremely well with the practice problems. He had an excellent attitude during the session."

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"We covered problems that most resembled what the student had been taught this year and his past exam and quiz format; he seemed to understand the concepts and was comfortable with equations and the material. We went over a lot of more challenging problems regarding areas of circles and squares, calculating different areas of prisms and pyramids, finding lengths of triangles with limited information given. The student had questions on the more difficult problems we had in the system but he said that his instructor had not given anything akin to them so it would be unlikely that he would be tested with those kinds of questions; he was comfortable with question type and difficulty that most resembled what he had been given in the past. Since he will have all the formulas with him, I am not worried about him having to memorize equations and he seemed comfortable with his resources so he won't be spending too much time looking things up. I did emphasize that he take his time and not make simple mistakes, as I think most of his incorrect answers come from that, not necessarily his grasp of the concepts. He should be careful about inputting numbers incorrectly into the calculator (for example, missing a parenthesis would give an entirely different answer in his calculations) and just be more careful in his calculations, especially if he is comfortable with the time he is given during exams. Overall, I am confident he is able to do well in his exam. "

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"This time we started where we had left off, working with similar right triangles. The student is doing an excellent job with solving proportions and has the algebra totally down. It's tricky to figure out how to set up some of these problems, but he made significant progress. Then we looked at some circle/ angle topics. First we did sector area which he picked up very quickly on and completely understood. Then we looked at two relationships between various angles formed by chords and radii in a circle. Like the similar right triangles, this was initially tricky, but by the end it was getting a lot more natural. The algebraic parts of these problems, however, were always easy for him. I left him with one page of extra practice and a couple of resources for practice problems. "

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"We covered vocabulary building for more assertive behavior. In math, we covered exponentials (both negative and positive) and square roots. In reading, we worked on vertical farming. And in English, we worked on future tense, including progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive tenses, and polite requests."

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"For our second session, the student and I went straight to analogies and reading comprehension. He took a practice test earlier in the week and brought it to me. We spent the first major portion of the session going over the results, retracing through the questions that he had gotten wrong and discussing them. He subsequently wanted to work on analogies, so we went over the section basics (types of analogies and how to best approach them, etc.) and spent the rest of the session working on practice question sets. He is a strong reader, and his instincts with unknown words are very good. He initially had some difficulty with the harder analogy questions but has shown great improvement with practice. I believe that he will do quite well."

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"The student missed a lesson over concavity and the second-derivative test, so we focused on getting him up to speed there. Fortunately, he seemed to grasp the material fairly smoothly, and we were even able to work ahead a bit on an upcoming assignment over derivative graphs."

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"We covered polynomial functions, identifying zeros and multiplicity, and understanding how to determine what the function looks like without graphing it on a calculator. We also looked ahead so the student could get a head start on the next homework. I had her try to explain the solutions to me, and where she struggled, I explained in deeper detail. I recommended she try to teach someone else in her class, because that is the best way to fully learn the concepts. I will continue to use this tool with her in our tutoring sessions as well. The student is ready to learn more and better understand the material."

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"The student and I went over the topics covered in her new unit on polynomials. Specifically, we reviewed the definitions for terms such as monomial, binomial, trinomial, and polynomial. We then went over how to identify the degree of a polynomial expression and how to tell whether it is a linear, quadratic, cubic, quartic, or quintic function. We also reviewed how to write polynomial expressions in standard form and how to perform functions with polynomial expressions."

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"The student read a book on groundhogs and answered some questions about the book. She also completed an activity on contractions. We played a multisyllable game and read an electronic book."

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"The student had started a new topic in class this week, electrostatics. We started the session by discussing the fundamentals of what electric forces really are, where they arise from, and how they are determined. We used his homework assignment as a guide to what material we needed to discuss. His first assignment was just using Coulomb's law in one dimension, and after going through a couple problems, he was very comfortable with the material, so we moved on. I came up with two different problems that required the use of Coulomb's Law but were two dimensional and involved three charged particles. I was very pleased that he followed and understood even these more difficult problems. He is making great progress."

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"Today the student and I worked on editing her in class essay on Greek, and the evolution of the Democracy within Greece. We looked specifically at one ruler, and his contributions. We worked on wording, structure, and talk a bit about her thesis and how it should be structured."

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"In the beginning of the session, we focused on some physics problems I assigned the student last time we met, and then we moved to going over exponential growth problems. He was receptive to both concepts!"

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