EzyMath2024-03-05T21:02:20+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Confidence, Problem Solving & Independence
The advice given to me last month was really helpful. Samuel believes that in order to succeed in Maths is only possible if you are a 'genius' and this may be due to the fact that I had tried to simplify things too much during class and assumed ..
EzyMath2022-10-31T16:52:04+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Confidence
Another of my maths students seems to be quite anxious about getting the right answer. She often answers questions with what she thinks I want to hear, rather than out of her own understanding. I get the impression that she fears getting the answer wrong. I have ..
EzyMath2022-08-10T22:30:14+10:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Study Habits
I am finding it difficult to enforce the learning strategies Talking Aloud, Back Checking and Pen to Paper and to explain them in such a way that my students are convinced they are important. Most importantly the students must understand why these strategies are important and ..
EzyMath2021-04-20T01:14:45+10:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Motivation & Interest
One student (yr 11 maths) seems a little lazy with the homework I assign them. I'm not sure whether my approach and attitude when assigning homework is not correct or they are just generally reluctant to do homework. I don't want to be strict in enforcing homework ..
EzyMath2022-10-31T17:52:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Motivation & Interest
How do I keep targeting a problem area while maintaining interest without my student getting bored of doing the work? He’s not competent enough in this topic but is getting sick of repeating it with me almost every lesson. It is sometimes a challenge to keep going ..
Gene2022-11-16T23:01:22+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection
My name is David Bouskila, I have been with Ezy Math Tutoring for 2 years now and have taught a wide variety of students over that period. I believe my current situation gives me the ability to view the tutoring process from two main perspectives - the client ..
