Gavin
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: University of Hawaii at Manoa - Bachelor of Science, Meteorology
Graduate Degree: Missouri State University - Master of Science, Geoscience
SAT Math: 700
Hiking, Weather, Exercising, Tennis, Video Games, Hanging with friends
10th Grade Math
11th Grade Math
12th Grade Math
College Chemistry
College Geography
College Physics
GRE Subject Test in Mathematics
High School Chemistry
High School Geography
High School Physics
ISEE Prep
Other
Probability
Quantitative Reasoning
SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 1
SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
SAT Subject Tests Prep
Study Skills
Study Skills and Organization
What is your teaching philosophy?
A practical education is prudent for the future of our society. In order to prosper, we must leave a legacy for future generations and the most efficient way of doing this is through scholarly purposes. Curriculum, a foundation, acts to be a road map for students in order to best understand the goals of the course. Motivation, the need, supplies for the students to light their own fires for their own individual goals. Honesty, good nature, is indispensable for people to be successful with not just school but their own lives in how the correspond with one another. Lastly, collaboration, to come together, might be the most important. With collaboration with the faculty and students, that is where true greatness comes to show its true colors.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
Get to know the student and the background information behind the problems they are struggling in and how to best decide the specific teaching methodology that should be applied.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
Make sure they can answer each question with less and less help from me. I basically want to not have a job so they are best able to do the work they need to accomplish their goals on their own.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
Keep things light and try to make the material relatable to the student, and see what we can do to keep their interest up and to motivate them in their lives.
If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
Try to go to the foundation of the subject of the material and make building blocks of the concepts.