Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in South Bethlehem, NY

"During this session, we went over topics in Geometry and Biology. In Geometry, we covered went over two worksheets that were done in class and went through her assigned homework. One worksheet dealt with the definitions of tangents, chords, and secants of circles while the other discussed the area of sector/segments as well as the lengths of arcs. She didn't have any difficulties dealing with the definitions so we just reinforcement the notions a little bit. She easily applied the formulas to find the areas and lengths of sectors and arcs, respectively, but didn't know from where the formulas came so I explained both important formulas. She understood the "big picture" where segments are just sectors with their corresponding triangles cut out so she knew that she had to find the area of the entire sector (which she could do easily) and subtract the area of the triangle (not so easy). To simplify the topic, we started at the familiar area of a triangle formula and used trigonometry to represent the "base" and "height" of the triangle in terms of the given information (radius and angle). After a couple of practice problems, she recognized a pattern and was easily able to find areas of segments. In the remainder of the session, we went over the first section of her Biology review which covered the topics that would be tested the next Tuesday. The topics involved the biology of the human body. Specifically, we covered the organization (from cell to organism), the structure of certain systems (pulmonary, circulatory, and nervous), methods to maintain homeostasis, and the interaction between receptors, control centers, and hormones. She did well on her last test but we hope to do even better on this next one! "

"The student has a chapter test on probability coming up so we prepared for that. After a brief explanation of various concepts, everything clicked. I think that the student is more than ready!"