EzyMath2025-11-04T22:52:47+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Remembering Stuff
My student is not revising topics covered in previous sessions. I have stressed the importance of consistent revision but I’m not sure the best way to make him revise. Here are some ideas:💡Typically students won’t revise on their own. This is true for a variety of reasons.*Some students ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:42:31+11:00Posted in All Categories, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons
My year 10 student is struggling overall with her maths, she is in the lowest class at and is finding it difficult to solve almost every type of equation and she barely knows her times tables without looking them up in a chart. Is there anything i can ..
EzyMath2025-11-07T20:40:36+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest
Identifying the ChallengeI am still finding it difficult to tutor the year 7 student. He gets too distracted and doesn't enjoy the topics. I have spoken to his parents about it and they tell me he tends to lose concentration. He rarely does his homework to the best ..
EzyMath2025-11-08T02:03:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Problem Solving & Independence, Senior & High School Learning, Study Habits
Year 12 student: I need to work on improving her problem solving skills/independent learning, as well as her self-belief (such as trying more questions individually before asking). How do I best integrate some of the learning strategies into tutorial sessions for a year 12 student? Depends which learning ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T21:25:20+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Structuring Lessons
One of my students, Sarah, has just performed very poorly in her exam, scoring in the 40s. We’ve been working together for a few months and it seemed to going ok but her performance was FAR below expectations. I’m not sure what to say to the client ..
EzyMath2025-11-05T21:32:26+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
One of my maths students has requested that I come once every fortnight, and I’m finding it hard to "cram" everything they have learnt in class for the past 2 weeks into an hour-long tutoring session.Why Fortnightly Sessions Don’t WorkGenerally speaking, having fortnightly sessions does not work. It ..
EzyMath2025-11-05T21:30:31+11:00Posted in All Categories, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Starting Tutoring
I have just started tutoring math with a new student who is quite introverted. The first lesson was a little awkward and I’m not sure about assigning homework in such a situation and how that would mix with the relationship building side of things. ✨Setting Objectives for the ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:02:31+11:00Posted in All About Exams
📚 Student OverviewMy student in year 11 is an extremely competent student and his main issue is speed. I am trying to get him talking aloud and this is helping clear his thoughts a bit but he still pauses for too long in between steps. I will often ..
