Friendly nerd who loves to teach

Semaj H.

I have over 8 years of experience tutoring in the STEM for college students and K-12 students, from my time in undergrad at CSUS tutoring my fellow classmates in chemistry. Along with tutoring a wide variety of students from elementary to junior college students in my postgraduate years as a tutor for math, physics, biology, chemistry and chess.

In my undergraduate years 2016 to 2018 I primarily tutored in group settings. In group settings I utilize a method I learned from my college professor and curator of the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) method. In this model a small group of four students utilize 1 sheet of practice questions and 1 pen to utilize teamwork and communication with eachother to solve the practice questions together with limited outside resources in a 45 minute class session. In times when the group gets stuck I as the instructor will provide appropriate levels of guidance to help the students critically think and communicate together to solve these challenging questions.

Since graduating college 2019 to 2024, most of my tutoring experiences have been in more indivual settings. In more individual tutoring sessions I provide more of a shared discussion approach. A method I utilize is the "framing and reframing" of concepts for the student. I provide opportunities for the student to "reframe" the question being asked of them, whether it be different verbage or another example with a similar concept. This process assists in identifying what is truly being asked of them to get the question correct. I also like to frame the student by utilizing an example of a concept they recently learned and how that recently learned concept can be utilized as a stepping stone to further understand the challenging new topic they are having difficulty with.