Ryan W

Ryan did all of the above in this session; he checked Elizabeth's prior knowledge on limits before solving the problems that she had from school. This made it helpful since it gave him the background to adapt to Elizabeth's understanding of limits so she could apply what he knew on them. Additionally, both were engaged for the entire session, with Elizabeth clearly not doing something else as they were collaborating the whole time, with Ryan being a supporter, not the person who directly works on the work. Additionally, he ,consistently on the way through solving problems, confirms Elizabeth's progress, confirming if she understood the concept for all the examples done and had a follow-up, being open to questions from her after the session.

Tutor · 21 days ago

Ryan demonstrates a complete understanding of limits and continuity. For example, when doing limits as they approached infinity, he demonstrated a technique through dividing all the terms through the biggest term before using the comparison of terms to solve them. Additionally, Ryan helped explain the analogy of a limit through using very small values when Elizabeth was struggling with her warm-up from class, which made it very helpful on why limits are the value they approach, not what they are defined at that point before explaining left and right hand limits with it as well. Additionally, Ryan also gave a technique with the sin(x)/x limit as x approaches 0 without using L'Hopitial's Rule to solve other limits that are similar to it through using the constant coefficient.

Tutor · 21 days ago

You did a perfect job explaining the problems to your learner. When they didn't understand a concept, like supplemental angles, you not only told them the property but also made sure they understood it by giving them several examples, during Question 7. You gave the learner multiple examples of lines adding up to 180.

Tutor · 24 days ago

Hi there, Ryan! Congratulations on your first session!!! 😁🎉Thanks for taking the time to answer a question in calculus! To start off, I really liked how you used super simple terminology to explain the problem. I especially liked how you explained the concept of limits: "the left side and the right side, both, approach the same value. The vertical part--they both meet to match the same y value..." You also incorporated hand gestures to enhance your explanations--awesome job!! When your student had trouble understanding, you also used the Whiteboard function to show your explanations visually! Overall, you did a wonderful job with your explanations!

Tutor · 1 mo. ago

"I had a great experience being tutored. The tutor was very patient, understanding, and extremely helpful in explaining concepts clearly. Highly recommend!"

Learner · 1 mo. ago

Yes, Elizabeth made progress from learning. She asked the questions needed and sounded confident when Ryan confirmed her learning progress. She also explained her thinking behind problems that she solved incorrectly before turning them into a learning experience, understanding why her teacher's answer key or explanations was the way they were in the worksheet. Also, she's willing to put in the effort since she doesn't want Ryan to solve all the problems on her HW, meaning she wants to apply what she learned to solve problems, meaning she's trying to grow further outside of the session as well.

Tutor · 21 days ago

Ryan did an excellent job conducting a comfortable learning session with Elizabeth. For example, when Elizabeth had misconceptions on how a limit worked to the defined values, Ryan helped explain what the proper definition of a limit was and find the one-handed limits. Additionally, both felt very comfortable collaborating with each other and shared screens solving problems. Elizabeth had no trouble asking questions for the entire session which symbolizes this session being respectful.

Tutor · 21 days ago

Thank you for your session, it was really interactive.

Learner · 1 mo. ago

You did a great job creating a comfortable learning environment, Ryan! You made sure to refer to your learner by her name, and you also engaged in friendly small-talk whenever applicable!! Your learner was comfortable enough to ask questions/share other problems that she was confused about. 😁 One additional tip that I have for you is to incorporate words of encouragement whenever possible! Simple phrases like "Keep up the good work!" and "Great job!" can go a long way! Overall, you did a wonderful job with this session! Keep up the good work, Ryan! 😎

Tutor · 1 mo. ago