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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
When tutoring, I enjoy watching students develop a deeper understanding of the content being taught, asking further questions about the topics demonstrating their fluency in the topics.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
I believe I am good at breaking down harder concepts into individual relatable, easy to understand components to teach separately, then bring together to more thoroughly understand the content.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
Not only can tutors help build up a students' confidence in areas they are particularly weak in, but they can also give insight into what is to come in further years of school and how to prepare for such content.Subjects Tutored 🎓
Exam Prep 📝
- Naplan tutoring
- HSC tutoring
Tutoring students in 👦 👧
- year 7
- year 8
- year 9
- year 10
- year 11
- year 12
About Alaster
Experienced and Adaptable Maths Tutor
Alaster is a dedicated private tutor with a strong background in teaching early high school students. His experience includes simplifying complex mathematical concepts to make them more accessible and understandable. He excels in developing communication and negotiation skills, ensuring that each student receives personalised attention tailored to their unique learning needs.
Proven Leadership and Teamwork Skills
Beyond tutoring, Alaster has demonstrated significant leadership and teamwork abilities as part of his high school''s sound and lighting team. He effectively managed stage setups for performances and assemblies, proactively ensuring smooth operations. Additionally, he mentored younger students, teaching them the intricacies of operating technical equipment.
Strong Academic Foundation
Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering, Alaster combines his academic prowess with practical teaching skills. His educational journey equips him with critical thinking and problem-solving abilities essential for effective tutoring. Parents can trust that Alaster’s solid academic foundation supports his capability to provide excellent educational guidance in both Maths and English subjects.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
- applying formulae - differentiating functions
- applying formulae - differentiating functions
- overcomplicating problems: used chain rule where not necessary - cross multiplying fractions
- Understanding what calculations were required when finding interest rates, interest, etc - Breaking down complicated questions into simple steps - ...
- Understanding what calculations were required when finding interest rates, interest, etc - Breaking down complicated questions into simple steps - Understanding what values in calculations corresponded to in the question (I.e. why each value is being calculated)
- interpreting stem and leaf tables - applying trapezoidal rule - remembering formulae for surface area and volume (spheres and cylinders)
- Picked up differentiation very quickly - Interpreting piecewise functions - Applying first principle differentiation
- Picked up differentiation very quickly - Interpreting piecewise functions - Applying first principle differentiation
- Drawing piecewise functions with accurate scales - Understanding limits
- Work was well laid out - Approach to problems were reasonable - Using formulae in different applications
- Work was well laid out - Approach to problems were reasonable - Using formulae in different applications
- Doing work in her own time - Formulae for area of common shapes (e.g. circle, trapezium) - Trapezoidal rule