Tutoring Definition and 64 Threads

Im not a math master yet. I'm a physics major in calc. 3 at the moment and I am trying to help a couple friends in college algebra. They both have this conceptual problem of thinking they are "moving" stuff from one side of the equation. It is causing tons of sign mistakes and causing a lot of...

Hello folks, This may seem out of topic but I would like to know how to perfect my skills in tutoring high school kids. Just a little introduction. I am a third year Biochemistry student here in Canada and I teach my students Chemistry and Math. Why I am asking the question is that when I...

I am beginning to provide tutoring. Today one parent had a request like this: "I needs help with physics stat for my daughter (11 th grade)." What does she mean by 'physics stat'? Thanks.

Hi, I am thinking about tutoring in mathematics. I am just 16 but i am really good at math compared to the rest of my school. How do I go about it? Do i just advertise? How?

Hey all. Ive just recently been asked to tutor a 12 year old (maybe 11?) in maths. I haven't yet started with her, but i have a session booked in for next week. I spoke to her dad, and she is apparently quite bad at really basic maths such as basic arithmetic. I don't know the details of what...

as a disclaimer, I'm not sure if this is where i should be posting this... i will be tutoring a kid (13 years old) in algebra soon, and i was wondering if there were any games or techniques that i can use with my student that have shown to work in the past with you, or others you know. i...

What do many of physicsforums members think about the on-line tutoring service companies? Good, bad, not legitimate, reliable, unreliable, honest, risky for tutor or for student?...? Anyone here had any experience with them either as tutor or as student?

Hello, I'm starting to tutor 11th grade physics and chemistry and was wondering if anyone knew of a good website that had a collection of worksheets and tutorials that a tutor can give to students to work on? Thanks in advance :)

I have a problem. I'm capable of helping many of the students here with their problems, but at the same time, I get very angry whenever a student posts a problem that they didn't even attempt first and I could care less about helping them even if they show work after someone gives them a hint...

Hi, I'm bomba923 and I'm a high school senior. I will take seven AP tests in May 2007, and have agreed with my counselor to tutor other students in academic subjects to pay for my AP tests. Each AP test costs $82 (USD) and every 8 hrs. of tutoring I provide for students will reduce the fee to $5...

Hello, I am tutoring someone Calculus 2 and I am desperately needing help at the moment. Alright, I try to be clear to this person as much as possible. We're taking derivatives of natural logarithms and exponentials, and we're also integrating functions that will lead to a natural...

I'm tutoring a girl in my math class on how to write proofs. She understands what information she needs to prove something, but the only problem is she doesn't understand how to put the data in order. I tried to the following to clear things up for her: 1.) I asked her to prove...

hi, i am tutoring someone tomorrow for the first time he is in 9th grade, learning geometry and english..he never learned any geometry before. and for english, looking for good vocab building/ reading comprehension books and also looking for good geometry books (he has no books)...

I'm about to tutor someone in a high school level chemistry class and this is my first time tutoring, any tips? keep in mind I am only 17 and I am a student myself.