...I try to adjust my tutoring to the style a given student seems to learn from best. One thing I do try to be consistent about is allowing students to do as much as they can with what they know already, and then providing support or instruction when it is needed. I find this helps students to remember knowledge or skills later on exams or in-class assignments. (read more)
...The eye-piece lenses we bought, but we machined the two eye-piece cylinders from PVC tubes. With that telescope we were able to image Jupiter's Red-Spot and see moons transit it! By the time college rolled around, my my interest had shifted from astronomy to physics, but astronomy is still a topic near and dear to my heart. (read more)