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Graham: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...I have previous experience in tutoring from teaching introductory Algebra to a class of 30 students entering high school. Due to a busy semester, I am unavailable during the week for in-person tutoring sessions, but I can make time during the weekend to schedule consistent meetings. Relevant subjects that I feel comfortable tutoring in: Algebra...
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Carnegie Mellon University - Current Undergrad, Mechanical Engineering
Mary: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...department, working with students one on one and in small groups in General and Organic Chemistry. As a pre-medical student and a Neuroscience major, I've taken extensive coursework in biology, physiology, physics and math, so I am qualified to tutor those subjects as well. In addition to my strong science background, I love reading, writing...
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - Bachelors, Neuroscience
Vaibhav: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...I will attend medical school at Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College this fall. Having taken all of the science classes since high school, I know how daunting and hard science material might seem but if taken at a very fundamental level, it is much more logical and simpler than how many high school teachers or college...
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - Bachelors, Neuroscience
Rishi: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...AP Calculus BC by the end of my junior year, and during my senior year I went on to take college-level math in a dual-enrollment program with Carnegie Mellon University. I just finished my freshman year at Yale, during which I took an accelerated course on Vector Calculus and Linear Algebra. In addition to mathematics,...
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Yale University - Current Undergrad, Mathematics & Music
Vatsal: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...majored in BioEngineering on the PreMed track with a minor in chemistry and economics. I have tutored for several years now, ages ranging from 12 year olds to 18 year olds in subjects mainly focusing on math and science. My goal for tutoring is to get the student comfortable enough with the material that he...
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Allie: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...As a PhD student constantly thinking and writing about music in literature, I am incredibly aware of the importance of listening. I believe that it is important to listen to what students say and don't say to help them identify their goal and process to successfully reach that goal. In addition to editing 1,000+ pages...
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Chatham University - Bachelors, English and Cultural Studies
Duquesne University - Masters, English Literature
Benjamin: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...study groups and learned the importance of teaching my fellow students in order to gain a more concrete understanding of the material myself. After graduation, I had the opportunity to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collecting data at sea and wrangling data from the internet. I also volunteered to assist a math...
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University of Washington-Seattle Campus - Bachelors, Comprehensive Physics
Tiwa: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...things that helped me to do well in my classes to other students who will benefit from them. In regards to my tutoring style, I am very big on allowing my students to actively learn. I believe that this is the best way for my students to learn because it helps them pick up on...
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - Bachelors, Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins University - Masters, Biotechnology
David: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...and have published papers in diverse fields that have been cited over 1400 times (Research gate). My main strengths are AP, general and advanced biology, cell and molecular biology, and general and organic chemistry. I have passion for teaching, sharing what I have learned and helping students understand difficult concepts. Let me know if I...
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Stanford University - Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University - Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry
Anjna: Plum tutor
Certified Tutor in Plum, PA
...am working towards a Biochemistry major, Chemistry minor, and Concentration in Digital Arts. I hope to have a future in the medical field as a pediatrician. I enjoy working with kids, teaching them, and showing them that they are smarter than they think they are. I want to tutor so I can help teach the...
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus - Current Undergrad, Biochemistry
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The student and I reviewed for her exam next Thursday. We mainly worked on trigonometric identities, which were sin/cos/tan(2x) and sin/cos/tan(x+y)/(x-y). Some of these problems were very difficult and time consuming, but we came up with a couple ideas on how to make them easier.
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The student and I began this session with some review of the exponential function and the natural logarithm. We looked at rules of exponents and logarithms as well as solving some equations using e and ln. We also discussed the formula, e^(ln(x)) = x.
We then talked about linear approximations. We discussed using the tangent line to approximate functions around a point and also looked at the geometric intuition behind the formula.
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Today we continued our work with graphing equations. We further studied how alterations to basic or "parent" functions affect the function graphically. Once the basic patterns were laid out, the student did very well. She did have some small issues with vertical shifts, but she understands the material and was able to correct herself most of the time.
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Today, we worked on plotting quadratics and rational, and radical expressions and using these to solve equations. The student did well with factoring today. She did well with the concept of extraneous solutions, and using the graph to visualize the solutions to an equation.
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During this session we worked on long response practice problems for the upcoming AP exam. Today we were able to work on three long response problems involving differentiation, integration, midpoint integration, mid-value theorem and rates. The student had a lot of questions regarding these problems at the start of the session but was able to understand all of the concepts by the end of the session.
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The first student and I worked on review material for her final exam. We reviewed place values, working with decimals (basic operations as well as converting between decimals and fractions for certain problems and how to determine when to use decimals and when to use fractions), multiplication/division by multiples of 10, and division with fractions and the equivalent multiplication by the reciprocal. Overall she did well, but she did struggle a bit to recall these concepts. However, after review, she was comfortable with the topics listed above.
The second student and I began reviewing for her math final as well. We went over the definitions of the commutative, associative and distributive properties as well as examples illustrating each. We then discussed solving and graphing inequalities. We then reviewed the formulas for area of a rectangle, area of a triangle, and how to find the area of a polygon comprised of various rectangles and triangles. We also discussed definitions of various polygons and touched on graphing on the coordinate plane. Overall very good, She just needs to review past concepts and make sure she is familiar with them.
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