Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Syracuse Hancock International Airport, NY

"The student and I followed our routine to develop automaticity of her multiplication facts. We started with our flashcards, then completed a division worksheet (2 digits by 1 digit). I am pleased to see her comfort and confidence level increasing with multiplication and division. After a second worksheet, we played the card game, War, which we modified to drill on multiplication facts."

"Today we reviewed percentage discounts in different situations. The student did great in almost all of them; he achieved 18 out of 20. We still need to work in tuning his reading skills, but overall he did great on his calculations."

"The student and I reviewed the concepts that will be on his placement test: operations with polynomials, factoring polynomials, solving quadratic equations, simplifying radicals, simplifying logarithms and exponents, function notation, composition of functions, operations with complex numbers, rational expressions, and applying the Pythagorean theorem. He did great and is still enthusiastic to learn the material. We will continue to practice problems so that when he sees them on his placement test he will be confident and comfortable with the material. I left him with a worksheet that focuses on logarithms and exponents as well as a worksheet for operations and compositions of functions. He is free to contact me with any questions concerning these worksheets."

"Today the student and I went over new course material that the teacher had covered. She completed the assigned homework in addition to working on the problems from the chapter to make sure she knows how to approach the problem. I was very happy when I found out that she had gotten an A on her quiz! Today was a great session!"

"Today, we reviewed for the student's geometry and physics finals. She knows most of what will be on the math final, but might have some trouble remembering all the formulas. I encourage her to spend extra time with these. She is good with analyzing physics situations."

"We reviewed for a geometry quiz tomorrow by going over the properties of parallelograms, rhombuses, squares, and rectangles. I gave the student some practice problems and he performed really well when he figured out how to use the given properties of these quadrilaterals to solve the problem."

"Today we reviewed the student's second math diagnostic. She increased 17% from the first test. We reviewed three concepts, and she was able to get three correct in a row in each area before we moved on. She has homework to complete for extra practice. She knows that once she gets five questions in a row complete, she can move on to the next concept. "

"The student and I had a great session tonight. We worked on her kumon, read two stories, did a math worksheet, and played a math card game. She did a great job of focusing and doing her best work. I am so happy to see that her love of reading is growing so much!"

"The student and I covered variable types (continuous and discrete), how to calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation given a probability distribution, and calculating the probability of an event given a binomial distribution. We had a lot to get through in an hour and a half - I don't know that we necessarily mastered everything, but I do think that he now understands the concepts better than he did previously. He also has the necessary formulas written down now, along with examples of how to use them so that he can practice. "

"We covered quadratic equations, factoring, and how to determine vertices. The student struggled most with minor mistakes and showing work, but we worked on that. General concepts were clarified, and student had a very good attitude towards the material reviewed. Strategies reviewed include factoring (the slide and divide method) and how to extract what word problems are asking. The goal for next session is to finish the review packet that the teacher had given and prepare for his retest on Monday. I think it was a wonderful first session and I see a lot of potential!"