Gene2022-10-31T17:54:21+11:00Posted in All Categories, Problem Solving & Independence
One of my students has a habit of challenging herself by attempting tough questions, but is unable to complete them and as a result gets demoralised. To fix this, I usually break up these tougher questions into parts to make them doable. However, in doing so she'll be ..
Gene2022-10-31T17:38:50+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has been sick for the last few weeks and has thus missed a substantial amount of maths - any tips for catching them up? This is a fairly common scenario in tutoring. Here are some suggestions. First get the student on side by ..
Markus Curry2022-10-31T17:42:57+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Study Habits
Students will deal with a lot of issues in their lives while at school, and due to all the different things competing for their interest, it’s hard to focus. Studying is no different; however the effectiveness of studying can be greatly reduced if students are trying to do ..
Gene2022-10-29T00:40:16+11:00Posted in All Categories, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Starting Tutoring
Client was difficult to try and relate to initially, with a very introverted personality. Perhaps better engaging techniques for probing information to try build rapport, or approaching super-shy personalities. First of all, you should recognize that some students will be easier to develop a rapport with, others ..
Markus Curry2020-06-30T21:43:20+10:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Senior & High School Learning
Sometimes it can be a variety of reasons why your child isn't reaching their potential in high school. Due to a nexus of factors, some students might not perform to their best ability at certain times. There are a lot of reasons for this which are best understood ..
Gene2022-11-30T01:24:35+11:00Posted in All Categories, Teacher & School Issues
One student’s teacher is a little uncooperative. At my bidding my student requested mathematics homework from school, since the teacher was not giving the students any maths homework. Instead of giving the student extra work for the topics they were covering the teacher gave her homework of topics ..
Gene2022-10-31T17:00:55+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One of my students is a grade 6 boy suffering from learning difficulties. I'm not sure exactly how to bring up the topic of progression with his mother. I worry that come exam time she will be expecting large improvements but because of his difficulties I think it ..
Gene2022-10-31T17:40:42+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons
Having some trouble maintaining a consistent schedule with one of my students (in Year 7), especially close to her exams and also getting her to complete all set work at home. Time management is challenging for most adults so it is hard to expect too much in ..
Gene2022-08-10T22:29:26+10:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
I am not getting a good response from one student; she openly resents having a tutor and is passively aggressive toward me. She is rude and does not complete the homework I set for her. I have tactfully picked up on her rudeness and explained to her how ..
Gene2022-10-31T18:12:47+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has a parent who keeps cancelling due to the student being ill. I know that this is true but I also know that this will be detrimental to her maths. What can I do about it? First you should probably qualify how sick ..
