Questions tagged [tutoring]
For questions about exercise groups; tutors, TAs, exercise group leaders and everything related to that.
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Linear algebra for engineers
When studying linear algebra in mathematics (I mean, for the people studying mathematics) there are many ways of approaching it, depending of your needs, however supposedly every mathematician should ...
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Where can I help students for free in real-time? (not openstudy.com)
I'm convinced that, at any given time, there are hundreds (perhaps thousands) of English-speaking students looking for real-time chat-based math help for free.
My question: how do I find them and ...
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How to Teach Adults Elementary Concepts
I've recently taken on the task of helping out in my school's Math Center. The courses I assist in range from Algebra to Calculus. While I'm younger (in my 20's), most of the students at the school ...
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Tutoring elementary student who reverses left and right
I am a volunteer math tutor. My student is in fifth grade. He was evaluated in August and found to be at the first grade level in math. (His reading is very close to grade level.)
He has epilepsy, ...
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How do I help a 6-year-old understand the meaning of her sums
I am tutoring a Grade 2 girl in arithmetic. She has demonstrated an ability to add two-digit numbers with carrying. For example:
$$\;\;14\\
+27\\
=41$$
I asked her to write this out horizontally, ...
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How do I motivate my students to go to office hours?
I'm currently TAing a Linear Algebra class where a significant portion of the class is struggling, oftentimes getting marked down on homeworks or tests because they misunderstand some concept (rather ...
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How to nurture a good student?
When you encounter a very bright student in a first-year (college/university) class (and who is therefore bored), what do you do?
Leaving them to their own devices can be problematic. It can lead to ...
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Becoming independent of the calculator
I have an excellent undergraduate student who is suddenly being put into math classes where she does not have access to a calculator. She is fine with all the new topics, but when running into ...
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How to visually demonstrate basic algebra
I'm a private tutor working with a 7th grader who is struggling with solving equations. Given a simple equation, he is able to solve it using a formulaic procedure, but it is very obvious that he has ...
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How to tactfully discourage casual, implicit disparagement of mathematics
I volunteer with a group that provides tutoring to kids from grades nine through twelve. The included kids have been determined to be 'at risk of not graduating high school'. Of course, many of the ...
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Helping high school students remember inequalities and division
Background
I sometimes tutor high school students and I have come across various problem types that are best represented by the following two problems.
They are unable to keep track of the correct ...
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Should I correct only one mistake at a time?
I am working as a teaching assistant in a course that first year mathematics students take. Some students who have maths as a minor also take it.
I run what is called a supervising session in the ...
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Teaching online when living outside america [closed]
How can a high school maths teacher find opportunities to teach online?
This could be for students from any country.
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Amount of concrete calculations on board?
Imagine that you are teaching a high school class in the last years of high school, an undergraduate class in university, or you are a tutor of a small group at university.
Should one provide ...
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How to effectively run large exercise groups?
The Question
Quite often one is faced with the task of running a large exercise group (think 40+ students in the room). What are some strategies to make the most of the (limited) time for the students?...
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How to explain 1000 - 1 using the american method
I have developed a small Android app. The app is a pocket calculator for addition and subtraction, in which the calculation is explained via both video and audio. If it is unclear please have a quick ...
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Convincing a student it's OK to move on to another problem
I'm tutoring a very bright middle school student in a difficult geometry class. He understands most of the material, but struggles with some of the hardest problems and proofs. I find that when he ...
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Tutor: How to deal with meddling parent?
I am currently tutoring a student for the Integrated Algebra regents, and he's really doing great.
It's his father that bothers me.
He does do some math (he's an accountant or actuary of some sort),...
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Using formal underpinnings to teach basic concepts
I recently started tutoring a $9^{\text{th}}$ grader who had managed to rotely memorize some processes (thats how he got this far).
In short, I have someone that is trying to learn basic concepts (...
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What to do when you get “the empty stare”?
First, I am not a professor, but I was a teaching assistent for a couple of courses. One time I took over a few sections for a friend who was also a TA. The course was 'math for chemists' (I think it ...
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Teaching integration (online). Logical progression in subject?
I've lectured integration from the very basics, having covered the following;
What are integrals, and what do they represent?
Indefinite integrals as the opposite of derivatives.
Using the power rule ...
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Is it good to have solutions of homework published?
At a course at the university, the students have to do homeworks every week which will be graded and discussed in exercise groups.
Is it a good idea to put "official" solutions of the homework on ...
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How to choose/test future tutors?
When I have to give a big lecture with a lot of exercise groups, I have to choose the tutors who are grading the student's homework and explaining the lecture to the students.
How can I find out if ...
