Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in West Virginia

"The student just started a unit on radicals and exponents. He wanted help with the properties of exponents and converting from radical expressions to rational exponents and back. We went over all of the questions he had, and then he said he was finished. "

"Today we covered converting between fractions, decimals, and percents. We also went over word problems with fractions, decimals, and percents. The student was just having a bit of difficulty with the problems because they were very advanced problems that required a lot of steps. Her attitude was positive during the whole session. We went over how to break down the problems and set them up with variables if needed. We were able to wrap up working on her extension packet, but she will be receiving a new one soon. I did not see any grades at this time, but I believe she is doing well in class. No concerns at all. A big win was finally finishing the extension packet! Woo!"

"We reviewed log transformations for the student's homework. After working with him for a few sessions now, I'm beginning to see the trend that he sometimes rushes through his work. I think if he were to slow down and think about some of the problems, he might make fewer mistakes in getting to his final answer."

"The student and I began by going over writing phrases as variable expressions, writing sentences as equations, and solving one-step equations. Next, he defined variables, expressions, equations and inequalities and identified examples of those. He followed that by studying and using number properties: commutative property, associative property, identity property, zero property, and distributive property. He named properties shown by equations. He also rewrote expressions using the property indicated. For the distributive property, he rewrote expressions using the distributive property. I left him with a packet to work on and explained to him how to use Order of Operations so that he could use it on his homework."

"The student did a great job finishing all the homework I gave him so we had plenty to work through today! He's definitely improving, and there were several problems that he got right that I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have a couple months ago. Still, percents remain a challenge for him, we ended up spending at least 30 minutes on one percent problem. This particular problem gave the retail price of an item and said that it had been marked up 80% from the purchase price and asked what the cost to the retailer was. He had very hard time understanding that the retail price = 180% of the cost, which was necessary to solve the problem. I think at the end that he did understand it, but it'll definitely take more problems like that before he's really comfortable with it. For homework, I gave him a lot of pages in the book that deal with percentages, so hopefully it will help him to become more comfortable with this concept."

"The student exceeded her goal by reading 93 wpm. She was eager to practice today and show her reading skills. She was especially excited about choosing and reading a book online. It was exciting to see her be interested in reading! I challenged her to demonstrate her knowledge of her 3's in multiplication. She did well matching factors with the correct product. Doing the inverse, division, proved to be a challenge. We will continue to work on this next week. "

"Today we covered an assessment exam review. The student was focused on learning as much as she could and asked good questions. We discussed how she should list out all the variables within the problem, including what you need to find and finding an equation within your reference sheet that has all those variables. She has a good conceptual understanding of the material covered."

"Today, the student learned the passe compose (the completed past). We read the poem "Le dejeuner du matin" to start out with (a poem that contains a lot of passe compose) and then introduced the grammar. I showed her both the DR MRS VANDERTRAMPP mnemonic and the "maison d'etre" visual for which verbs take the auxiliary "etre" instead of the more common "avoid" in the passe compose. We did some practice sentences and then read the poem again with a better understanding of the content."

"Today's session covered the Geometry Drill from the GRE prep book. The student hadn't read forward in Chapter 14: Math Et Cetera, so we started with the section on Probability. For our next lesson, the student will read through Chapter 14: Math Et Cetera, and complete the Math Et Cetera Drill. Then we will work through the Comprehensive Math Drill together during the lesson."

"We focused on reviewing the present and preterite tenses. We went over exercises together to demonstrate mastery of the topics. The student needs to work on memorizing the tense endings."