Vincent Chow

I very much prefer in-person lesson with students, as I find it most effective for most students. I can more easily identify the key points that might be causing troubles for the student. Classes are conducted in a lighthearted, casual manner. There are no pre-defined number of questions to be completed, as I believe that learning cannot be rushed nor can it be measured quantitatively. Typically, the routine of a lesson includes:
a. review current topic and fill in possible knowledge gaps
b. practice questions with the fundamentals
c. student led solution presentation (my motto for my students: if you truly understand it, you can verbalize it)
d. expand vertically - practice questions with increased complexity
e. expand horizontally - practice questions with mixed topics
f. look ahead - prepare for the upcoming topics

Example: Sara is learning linear equation: y = mx + c
a. review recent homework, check for possible mistakes
b. practice graphing, identifying key points, solving for missing vale
c. Sara picks a multiple step problem and explain it to me step-by-step
d. explore more complex version of y=mx+c, with decimals, with brackets, or if the equation isn't directly given
e. word problems that can be modelled using y=mx+c, perhaps plant growth, shopping cost, etc
f. explain the topic again in a way that prepares student for graph transformation and/or intersecting lines