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Meghana: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...I have also had experience tutoring high school students one-on-one in a variety of subjects. Through this, I was able to come up with unique ways of teaching students complex subjects. I have taken intensive coursework and volunteered throughout college whether at the local hospital or campus event. If you need any help with Calculus...
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Columbia University in the City of New York - Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
Aleeza: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...years, most recently as a TA for organic chemistry 2. I am most excited about helping other students achieve their dreams of going to medical school by helping them study for the MCAT. Besides MCAT tutoring, my favorite subjects are chemistry, biology, and math which are all subjects I have tutored in before. I believe...
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Kimberly: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...to teach all secondary math. I also wrote curriculum based on the Common Core standards in geometry. As a teacher, I was committed to getting to know my students’ unique interests and academic needs in order to best assess how they interacted with material. Rather than explain a problem the same way to every student,...
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University of Southern California - Bachelors, English
Lindsey: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...to school and got my Master of Arts in Teaching. Since 2009, I have taught 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grades. I have also taught three different courses as an adjunct instructor. My educational philosophy is based on considering the whole student: what he or she likes, his or her strengths and weaknesses, his or...
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Pace University-New York - Bachelor in Arts, English
Bard College - Master of Arts, English Secondary Education
Tara: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...lie within the sciences (e.g. AP Biology, Biochemistry, AP Chemistry), followed by mathematics. I also enjoy teaching and tutoring Latin. Believe me when I say it's a beautiful language! During my pursuit of an M.D. degree, I have acquired a minor of Psychology, which has taught me to help others with a holistic approach.
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City College of New York-CUNY School of Medicine - Bachelors, B.S./M.D. program at Sophie Davis School, Psychology minor
Scott: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...and literature. I have broad knowledge of the social sciences and love learning about psychology, economics, political theory, and sociology. I am an experiential learner and consider the world a classroom, and every stranger a potential teacher. This outlook has led me to take work as a day laborer, meet three U.S. presidents, open a...
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Hampshire College - Bachelors, Narrative Journalism/Liberal Arts
St. Joseph's College - Current Grad Student, Creative Writing (MFA)
Sophia: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...of ages in a wide variety of subjects throughout college. My passion for languages shapes my preferred tutoring realm; I especially enjoy teaching others the languages I am familiar with and fluent in, which include English, German, Italian, and Spanish. I also enjoy assisting in science-related fields, mostly for school-aged children and teens. Lastly, in...
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Barnard College - Bachelor in Arts, Environmental Science
Kevin: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...when the right mindset meets hard work and preparation.The beauty of this philosophy is that it does not discriminate against any student; everyone has a best that they should strive for. It's my focus to help each of my students reach that standard with a comprehensive preparation regimen tailored to each individual. Most of all,...
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Cornell University - Bachelors, Operations Research
Dylan: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...discovered his passion for mentoring on the lacrosse field in high school while helping to run summer youth lacrosse camps, and became involved in academic tutoring through his high school soon after. He believes that common foundations of learning exist across many disciplines, and values a specific and flexible approach to any topic to best...
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Columbia University in the City of New York - Current Undergrad, Psychology
Elias: Port Chester tutor
Certified Tutor in Port Chester, NY
...a variety of subjects including chemistry, physics, trig, history, English, Spanish, and many others. Looking forward to meeting new students and helping as much as I can! In the rest of my life, I love to hike, I listen to a ton of music, and enjoy reading, spending time with friends and playing sports. I...
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Washington University in St Louis - Bachelors, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Anthropology
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Port Chester is a village located in Westchester County, New York. It is home to about 29,000 residents, and was once home to the earliest inhabitants of Mohegan Indians. Port Chester is commonly referred to as "The Restaurant and Entertainment Capital of Westchester County." It is located less than ten minutes away from Westchester County Airport, and many famous and recognized people were born and raised and/or currently live in this river front area. Some of them include: actor Lex Barker, journalist Arnold Diaz, NHL player Andre Roy, and celebrity wedding planner and reality show guru David Tutera.
Port Chester is served by the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District. The top rated high school in Port Chester is Port Chester High School (PCHS). PCHS is a wonderful school. If you're currently attending this facility and find yourself confused in your classes or needing help preparing for big tests, expert online tutoring from Port Chester tutors will work to try to help you succeed in your test prep and coursework. Online or in-home tutoring in Port Chester might benefit anyone who wishes to have private one-on-one instruction for their test prep or school work. While there are no colleges or universities located directly in Port Chester, Purchase College at State University, Manhattanville College, and Fordham University are all located within miles from the center of Port Chester. These top schools might be a possibility if you reach out to private tutors in Port Chester, NY, for tutoring either in-home or online, to receive subject instruction or test prep.
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We covered: 1) explaining and calculating the average rate of change; 2) finding the equations of the tangent line and the normal line at a given point; and 3) calculating velocity and acceleration as rates of change.
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The student and I worked on collecting like terms. She understood the basics, but needed to gain confidence collecting when there were integers and powers involved. She also began keeping a math notebook to help her process the learning. I taught her how to make vocabulary foldables so she can quiz herself. Her vocabulary includes examples as well as non-examples. We also talked about the best way for her to take notes from a math text - she included step-by-step problems with the rationale written out for each step.
I graded her preassessment that she had finished for the day. She has already mastered decimals, adding and subtracting integers, writing equations from statements, basic percent problems, prime factorization, graphing coordinate pairs, and finding the area of triangles/quadrilaterals/complex shapes. She has minimal misconceptions with graphing inequalities, base 10 form, rates, and simplifying expressions. She will receive support around fractions, unit rates, unit conversions, and statistics.
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We worked on SAT math. The student had a good attitude. We went over geometry strategies about drawing pictures and determining geometric quantities in diagrams. We also worked on translating word problems to equations. The student is improving and has now seen most question types. Extra practice is a math and verbal section.
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I continued to work on concepts from algebra with Student A. I started by having her do a few more problems dealing with fractions and the distributive property, and after that she worked through her nightly homework. By now the rust is gone, and she shows impressive early mastery of the material. She could solve the homework problems on her own, with many of her questions having the form "Am I doing this right?" I am very happy to see that she has gotten good grades on homework so far. She struggles a bit with the tougher problems that I give her; at this point she only sees about two 'moves' ahead, easily handling a problem that asks e.g. given two fractions to find a common denominator and then add, but getting stuck if she is given two mixed numbers and asked to convert them into fractions, and then find a common denominator and add (even though she understands each step taken individually). This does not worry me one bit, and I expect that she will be able to solve more complex problems in good time. I want to encourage this development by giving her a few tougher (multi-step) problems during each session, especially since I get the impression that she has not been hugely challenged by the problems assigned so far, although she seems not always to realize this (hence "Am I doing this right?"--the answer almost always being "Yes!"). Building her confidence will be a point of focus moving forward.
With Student C I started by having him do a few more problems that require him, in effect, to convert a geometry problem into an algebra problem he can solve, and I am happy to see he is picking up what I am putting down. Like his sister, he has been able to handle assigned problems with relative ease, and I plan to take a similar approach to his development, having him do a few tougher problems during our sessions to supplement less challenging assigned material. He is very capable and rarely makes the same mistake twice. I would not be surprised if he wound up being one of the strongest students in his class. However, most of this session was devoted rather to a paper he had been given by his geometry teacher. The paper was a fairly difficult, even unorthodox assignment, which asked students to read the first three sections of Euclid's Elements (definitions, postulates and common notions) and assess whether they form a suitable foundation for modern mathematics. I was delighted to see this sort of thing in a high school math class, since the latter are generally not known for encouraging students to ask such deep questions about mathematics. I hope he got something out of writing this paper together and I look forward to working further on these important skills. It is not so simple to have him do a 'problem' in this area (compared to geometry), in particular one which is not too time consuming, so I will have to see if I can come up with bite size exercises that emphasize skills like organizing paragraphs, making arguments and using evidence.
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Today we started a world history project on the economic history of Mexico. We started by going over US-Mexican history, from the Mexican American War and land acquisition to NAFTA. We listed exports and imports and talked about the maquiladora system and how it contributed to US wealth in manufacturing sectors.
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The student and I began by reviewing his notes and filling in the missing summary from today's notes. Then we went over the difference between lateral and total surface area; what the area equations are for rectangles, triangles, and circles; and how to find the lateral and total surface area of a rectangular prism. I also taught him the material he will be using later this week on how to do the lateral and total surface area of triangular prisms and cylinders. I was very adamant about him showing all of his work so that as he progresses from 7th grade into his private school, he will be used to the large amount of writing required.
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