我相信任何人都可以成为一个成功的学习者and a skillful test-taker. I try to coach my students to think like the test-writer and see beyond the content of the question. Using my strategies, students will be able to successfully answer questions regarding topics of which they have no knowledge. I then combine these strategies with common sense examples to make the educational objectives stick. My students know me for my love of the subjects I teach, my meticulous organization of the material, and my dedication to helping each individual achieve their personalized goals. I believe these are the three most important components of a successful tutor.

The first session with a student is all about getting to know their strengths, weaknesses, and needs. In an ideal situation, this visit will empower future sessions to leverage a student's best learning style and maximize progress. I like to open by having a student show me what they can do. For example, if they're working through a sample set of questions, I'll have them walk me through their thought process up to the point they got stuck. Then, I can better identify what strategies are working and where some fresh insight might be most helpful. Each session thereafter builds on that rapport until the student and I have an efficient and trusting relationship, in which we can both work to achieve the student's goals.

My biggest goal with each student is to teach them to love learning and to love being good at what they do. When the student earns that satisfaction that comes from hard work and a job well done, they will be self-motivated to succeed for the rest of their lives. More specifically to academics, I believe it's important show students how they can think about any problem from multiple angles. If they can see how content knowledge, test-taking skills and creative thinking can each get them to the right answer, they'll be more likely to succeed in future scenarios when I'm not around to coach them.

I'm a big believer in positive reinforcement. Specifically, I think it's important to show students how much progress they're making with well-timed complements and reviews. Each step they take should be built on the steps that came before, and it's vital that they see the big picture of what they're trying to achieve. This is why I spend time getting to know each student and what drives them to do better. I find that most students respond really well to a little honest praise, but have been in situations where individuals needed a firmer touch to keep them on track. I believe that each student has a unique learning style and comes to tutoring with unique needs, and I do my best to use those to the student's advantage.

If there is a problem with a concept, there is usually an underlying problem with a simpler concept somewhere further back in the curriculum. I try to break down the issue to identify just where the knowledge gap is, then spend extra time reviewing those concepts at their most basic level. We, as a team, can then gradually build back up to where the problem arose. Students usually find that by the time the get back to where they were, the problem has resolved itself and they have a much more comfortable grasp of the material.

我有两个大带宽策略是有帮助的nario. In the first, I ask the student to place themselves into the text, either as the subject or the main character. I then ask them what they would do in the given situation. This helps students understand the motivations of the author and builds lasting connections that can be used later on. The other technique is to ask the student to tell me a similar story from their own lives. By comparing their story to the passage they're reading, they sometimes unknowingly relate to the subject and therefore understand it better.

Positive energy, positive energy, positive energy. Students, regardless of age, need an engaging and energetic tutor to make sessions more enjoyable and therefore more memorable. Beyond this, I make every effort to get to know my students so that I can customize their tutoring experience to their learning style. I've found that is does no good to enforce my way of thinking or thought process onto the student. Instead, I have to adapt to their needs and make the content relevant to their lives.

As a medical student, I've collected a lot of amazing stories from my time working with patients, and have been impressed by how often they relate to lessons I learned when I was the age of my students. Using these anecdotes, I can show students how what they're learning can be useful in their lives outside the classroom. I then draw on the student's own experiences to make the lesson relevant. By doing this, I can help a student love learning, which is always my foremost goal.

In the hospital and clinic, we use a technique called "teach backs" to ensure patients understand their instructions. By having students "teach" their tutor the material, they can demonstrate just how much they've learned, or expose areas that need more attention. This helps me know where I've spent enough time and where I haven't done a good enough job in my sessions. Overall, if a student can teach the material to someone else, they'll never forget it for the rest of their lives.

This is the most important role of a tutor. Studies have shown that confident test-takers score higher on exams. I instill in my students a sense of pride and self-worth from the very first session. Everything we do together starts from a belief that the student is a capable and skilled learner. By making this the emphasis of every session, students begin to believe in their own ability, and as sessions progress their confidence grows. I believe this leads to as much increase in their test scores as comes from knowing the material.

Most students (people in general) I've worked with respond really well to a little positive feedback. Being told you're doing well is a self-fulfilling prophecy: the praise motivates and encourages the student, which leads to genuine improvement. In some rare cases, especially at higher levels of education, students need a more aggressive coach to bring the most out of their potential. In these cases, I try to balance their need to be pushed with their need to feel successful and supported.

During in-person teaching sessions, I like to use a whiteboard and multicolor markers to organize the material. This is a technique I learned at The Princeton Review and has been study-proven to enhance comprehension and retention. Barring this, there are a number of great technologies that help convey ideas even through online communication. In a pinch, I believe a cocktail napkin and a pencil can be worth more than just the words coming out of my mouth.

This important task in an ongoing process that begins in the first session, where I get to know the student and take stock of their personality. Sometimes, students will be forth-coming about their learning style and what has worked for them so far. For others, it can take several sessions to pin down exactly how to get the most out of our time together. In all cases, this is critical to maximizing their potential and ensuring effective tutoring sessions.