Raquel and I went through Practice Exam 5, in preparation for her Test 5 that she will take either tomorrow or Monday. I suggested that if she practices enough tonight, and feels confident in the information, tomorrow we can review again and then she can take the exam tomorrow. I suggested if she spent her weekend studying, then she can take it on Monday. If she does not spend her weekend studying, then she should not wait until Monday because she will forget the information. I am proud of Raquel, because I can see that she is trying harder than before, and wants to learn the information. She is trying to get more organized (in her mathematical manipulation and life), and work through the problems carefully.
Session Minutes
165
Minutes Student Attended
165
Lesson Comments
Raquel seems to wait until the last minute to get things done, and she is not doing very well in the class (she came to me very late). However, I am still proud that she has been putting more effort and realizing that she needs to focus more in class, and practice more at home. She is trying to get more organized with everything she does, and we are working on that not only in math but in her life. She can be a bit scattered in her thinking at times. She needs to focus on one thing at a time, take care of that, and then move on to the next. Like a checklist. If she continues in this pattern, I can see good things in her future.
We went through her practice test for her MAT1033 course at the college. The topics include operations with rational expressions, simplifying rational expressions. solving rational equations etc. We went through each problem, explanation and steps to solve. She seems to understand but should do one more practice exam before she goes and takes the actual test.
She needed help to organize herself for her college algebra course, along with review of topics she hasn't seen yet. We were only able to cover a few topics in the allotted time. I advised her on different ways to organize herself so that she can stay on top of the class, and not get left behind (it is a fast paced, accelerated summer course).
Raquel managed to get herself stuck behind the 8 ball in her career direction class. Basically, she just didn't do any of the little assignments along the way, until she was just monsterously behind. We got all the material organized and started chipping away at it. We got the introduction to her paper written, and everything else outlined so she could finish up on her own.
Raquel got more information about the format of the paper and didn't need as much help organizing her thoughts. We spent the session looking up research materials for the paper and talking about how she wants to go about the process.
Raquel came straight from the airport so she was a little frazzled when she got here. She wasn't very clear on the assignment but we made do with what she had. We organized the paper and starting working on the introduction. I think she has a good idea of what direction to go and we are going to meet for 2 hours on Saturday.
