Standardized tests like the SAT and ACT have three components which must be mastered. The first is content knowledge. I am intimately familiar with every concept that appears on both tests, and can explain each of them in a variety of ways to help any student, regardless of aptitude or background. (read more)
...Over the past several years of tutoring, I've learned first-hand that each student has different needs, challenges, and preferred learning styles, and have always put the effort in to find how to best engage with each student. I graduated from the University of Chicago in June 2023 with a B.A. i... (read more)
...Using exponents to represent whole numbers,and exponential and scientific notation
In addition, I will reinforce the algebraic order of operation and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties to evaluate expressions. Also evaluating simple algebraic expressions with one variable. Ratios to describe to proportional situations and other concepts will be reinforced as needed. (read more)
...I am a native speaker of Japanese (raised in America, attended university in Japan). I have studied a variety of other languages (Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Korean) and am fluent in French and German. As a linguistics student, I have a strong grasp of the English language as well, both fr... (read more)
...I also have knowledge of trigonometric identities and trigonometric proofs, word problems involving trigonometry. Law of Sines, Law of Cosines, the unit circle (special right triangles) triangle sum, inverse trigonometric functions, and graphing are other areas of expertise. I've always excelle... (read more)