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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
I most enjoy being able to see overtime improvement in the student and building a positive rapport with them in order for them to consider learning as a source of joy as opposed to it being associated with discontentment. This proves to be effective in the student’s overall performance. Furthermore, it is an opportunity for I, myself, to dissect the topics I have divulged in to its fundamentals to the benefit of comprehension for both me and the student.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
My personal strengths are affability, building rapport, and overall knowledge of the subject matter. The above factors working in tandem have seen a great improvement in topic test results and a high mark for semester year group testing for the student I have mentored. In addition, my punctuality towards online meeting times and response to questions outside of allotted time has made it so that the student saw me as a reliable figure.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
A tutor, fundamentally, serves a purpose to give the student additional knowledge or hone their pre existing knowledge. To achieve this, not only academic aptitude is highly pivotal, a strong and individual-catered means of transferring said intelligence is vital. This is one of the factors which differ classroom teachers from tutors as they are unable to provide and adapt to each individual student’s best means of learning and information intake.Tutoring students in 👦 👧
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About Catherine
Proven Academic Excellence and Tutoring Experience
This tutor has demonstrated exceptional academic performance, notably in mathematics and English, evidenced by top distinctions in national and international competitions such as the Australian Maths Competition and Tournament of Minds. Beyond academics, she has applied her knowledge practically by informally tutoring underclassmen in mathematics, helping them improve significantly in preparation for their exams. Her ability to simplify complex concepts and foster a supportive learning environment makes her an ideal tutor for young learners.
Strong Leadership and Mentorship Skills
With a background in leadership roles through peer support initiatives within school settings, this tutor excels at guiding younger students not only academically but also emotionally. Her involvement in mentorship programs like Girl Guides further highlights her capacity to encourage confidence and resilience among peers. These experiences have equipped her with the essential skills to manage diverse student needs effectively, ensuring a positive and impactful tutoring experience.
Multilingual Capabilities and Diverse Interests
Fluent in English and Mandarin with proficiency in German, this tutor brings a rich cultural perspective to her teaching approach, enhancing communication with students from various backgrounds. Additionally, her engagement in activities beyond academics such as art exhibitions underscores her well-rounded personality. This blend of intellectual rigor and broad personal interests helps create engaging learning sessions that promote comprehensive development.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
She had been able to confidently and consistently identify which variables pertained to which sides of the shapes. Furthermore, she was comfortable using her skills ...
She had been able to confidently and consistently identify which variables pertained to which sides of the shapes. Furthermore, she was comfortable using her skills to substitute values in and use the calculator to find her final answer.
She had found difficulty in understanding that non numerical symbols, such as pi, are representative of constants and are not variable. As such, formulas such as for the area of a circle found to be a bit more challenging than the rest.
She had greatly improved in speed and confidence from last week in terms of her ability to find and substitute necessary values into her formulas. Furthermore, she ...
She had greatly improved in speed and confidence from last week in terms of her ability to find and substitute necessary values into her formulas. Furthermore, she had also begun to take initiative in wanting to know of the area of an annulus on her own, and enjoying the process of learning about it. She had comfortably been able to solve for all the new shapes introduced.
While she is comfortable with using the formulas, she will need consistent practice in order to pick up her speed and be able to avoid calculator errors, in spite of her working out being correct.
She had done well to recall her foundational algebraic operations, such as identifying, grouping, and simplifying like terms in addition and thus was able to ...
She had done well to recall her foundational algebraic operations, such as identifying, grouping, and simplifying like terms in addition and thus was able to smoothly work through one step equations involving addition and subtraction to find the unknown. She was also able to consistently evaluate expressions requiring the multiplication and division of fractions as well as knowing how to simplify her fractions by finding the highest common factor.
She faced a bit of trouble with one step equations involving diving and multiplying both sides of equations in order to find the variable, and had difficulty conceptualising a variable to begin with, though that was able to be rectified across the lesson.
She had understoof how to identify the c and a/b components of Pythagoras' Theorem, and was able to grasp the concept of square roots. Furthermore, she is able to ...
She had understoof how to identify the c and a/b components of Pythagoras' Theorem, and was able to grasp the concept of square roots. Furthermore, she is able to consistently differentiate between the opposite and adjacent angles used in trigonometric equations. Furthermore, her setting out had improved from prior, and she is able to show full working.
Cailyn faced issues in understanding the concept of inverse trigonometric equations, but upon repeated exposure she became comfortable with its usage. She faces difficulty in recalling which of sin/cos/tan to use and when faced with the need to identify which sides of a right angle triangle are given, she can stumble upon herself and make mistakes.