Tutoring style / Lesson Style

I find it is best to adjust my tutoring style to suit the individual student I am working with. 

For example, often with those of my students who find maths difficult, I find my main task is to describe mathematical concepts in ways that are easy to understand, and to help reinforce what the student is learning in class. This is also supplemented with lots of exercises, as repetition tends to be the key for helping such students learn a concept. 

Then there are some students who aren't actually that bad at maths, they just lack confidence. So I find that for such students, my main job is not so much teaching the student new concepts, but building up their confidence that they do already have all the knowledge they need to solve a particular problem. 

And for my top students, usually most of a lesson is spent solving difficult problems, and discussing strategies for approaching particularly dificult questions. Although come exam time, most of my students, regardless of skill level, will be at the stage where they are working on past exam papers, so the main part of the lesson is taken up discussing how to solve past exam questions. 

In terms of giving out homework, I find that also depends on the individual student. I am happy to give out and mark homework for students, although I often find that many of my students have more than enough homework from school  that they don't want extra homework. 

Finally, in general, I am a patient, friendly, and kind  maths tutor, who has a genuine love for both studying and teaching mathematics and statistics, and I try to pass on this passion to my students, or at the very least, help them to not hate or be scared of maths!​​​​