Juan
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Moorpark College - Associates, Sciences
Graduate Degree: California State University-Northridge - Current Grad Student, Electrical Engineering
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Algebra 3/4
College Physics
Conversational Spanish
High School Physics
Spanish 1
What is your teaching philosophy?
My teaching philosophy-- to bring my students to a place where they can fully explain what they have learned.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
Listen very carefully to his or her necessities and create a plan to overcome his or her challenges.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
Making him realize the importance of the subject in study.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
I would remind him of the purpose of the subject and the goal that he is trying to achieve.
How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?
I will make him analyze what the author is trying to express in each paragraph.
What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?
Listen very carefully and make him or her understand the importance of the subject.
How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?
I would look at a real application of the subject that he or she is struggling with.
What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?
I will make him explain in his own words what he has learned.
How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?
We a lot of practice and repetition.