Oyin Olukotun

I believe that mathematics is a pattern and so the best way to teach students is to go through a worked example or two using the pattern and then allowing the student to complete a question by themselves using the set method with full assistance from myself if needed. Then as the lesson progresses, I will decrease my input and increase the difficulty of the questions to see how well the student can apply the pattern to the questions. If the student is finding difficulty in recalling the pattern, I will ensure to leave the method of an example in full view of the student to they can use the pattern as a prompt, and then minimise how much of the pattern they can see to allow them to utilise it from memory.

I currently have 5 years experience tutoring Maths and English having these subjects at my school to GCSE students from then on online tutoring websites until now. I am delighted to say all of my 20+ students have achieved grades 7 (A) and 9 (A**). I achieve this through teamwork and guided work, whilst not being overbearing so my students feel comfortable to take initiative and not feel bad for messing up! I also tutor on MyTutor, Tutorful and family (year 10 and 11). When teaching foundation mathematics, my students have consistently achieved level 5s.

No matter what the mathematical difficulty or the lack of enjoyment, I will ensure maths becomes a new favourite subject for you!