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Tutoring with Online Technology - Skype and Scribblar - Long-distance Schools without Walls

By Jennifer A. | 2/19/2013 12:14 PM CST |

Times are definitely changing in the world of education. Today, as with all things twenty-first century, there are no limits to a student's education. This is absolutely exciting since so many 'schools without walls' have adopted various technologies during the past few years to enable students excel academically. As an advanced tutor, it makes me dance in my shoes. Universities such as Harvard, Princeton, and MIT have posted several free virtual lectures for the average student on education applications via android devices, iPads, iPhones, and iPods.

Today, I want to introduce some fantastic...

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Falling into Place

By Christopher B. | 10/4/2012 7:57 AM CST |

Heyo!

So far the Fall has been pretty good, a bit light as compared to the Spring, but most tutoring doesn't take place until after the first exam has passed or is just about to happen. Things are picking up and I am going to make good on my plan to have people meet me.

If you are interested in a lower hourly rate and are willing to travel to meet me, (within the city) let me know! I will tell you what borough I'll need you to meet me in that day and where exactly. Examples so far have been the Barnes & Noble on Union Square, the Student Union in Queens College, and the Graduate Center...

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Using current events to explain statistical ideas

By John M. | 6/6/2012 7:08 PM CST |

It is often examples that make ideas understandable to students and current events can be a good source of examples. Case in point. Today in Wisconsin, the issue of the day is the outcome of the recall elections and problems with the exit polling. As a tutor, the outcome isn’t interesting, but exit polling like all surveys is key to the usefulness of statistics! In fact, it gives a great opportunity to illustrate some of the basic (and non-mathematical) ideas and concepts of statistics — usually the ideas presented at the beginning of most introduction-to-statistics courses.

Statistical inferences...

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Math, Science, Exercise - One of these things is not like the other - or is it?

By Robin W. | 4/11/2012 9:01 AM CST |

I’m not good at this! I don’t like it! Why do I have to do this?

Were these questions my students were asking the other day? No, these were things I was saying at the gym yesterday. I hate to exercise. I’m definitely not good at it. I’m definitely not very highly motivated. Yet, I go there 4 times a week, because I know it is good for me, and I don’t like how I feel when I don’t go.

Now, occasionally, a student will ask me these same questions and I admit, until I actually heard myself complain at the gym yesterday, I was sympathetic, but I didn’t get it.

I love math. I love science...

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Calling all students

By Sean M. | 2/6/2012 4:50 PM CST |

I'm new to this site and can't wait to help you. Got questions? I got answers! Whether you need some simple study skills and techniques or if you have very specific problems in a subject, I can help. Let me show you how all these subjects work together and are not isolated disciplines that you're never going to use. I'll show you the relevance of each subject and how they're all integrated. Learning is so much fun when you understand why you need to know.

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Get Ready for Success!

By Sarah T. | 1/11/2011 10:50 PM CST |

Happy New Year! Are you ready for the new semester? No matter where you are in your education, first semester in college, or headed into that last one before graduation, being properly prepared will make all the difference!

1. Meet with an advisor and enroll as early as possible.

2. Get your books as soon as you can. Read through the table of contents and flip through he book to get an idea of what the course material will look like.

3. Know your schedule. Will you need to get up earlier then you are now? Now is a good time to start getting in a morning routine.

4. Get a planner (or...

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Training your intuition

By John M. | 12/7/2010 6:45 PM CST |

For most people, solving a problem or a question is not difficult if they have a model to follow and the correct data to plug into the model. Take one of the most basic functions, paying for something at a cash register. If the cashier tells you the Happy Meal costs (with tax) $4.23, and you hand the cashier a $10.00 bill, I suspect that most cashiers will give and most people will expect their $5.77 in change. Oh, you can confuse people and make the problem more difficult (7 dimes, a nickel and two pennies, rather than 3 quarters and two pennies), but these are just "tricks." This works,...

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