-Long Term Learning

James Clear’s Atomic Habits is the cornerstone of my mindset towards all things you can make progress towards. The idea is this: if you get 1% better at something every day, you will be 37.78 times better at that skill over the course of a year. While there are flaws with this thinking, the key takeaway is clear: continual gradual improvement will drive long term results. I intend not to just teach students, but to establish study habits that extend beyond the classroom and beyond their course.

-Holistic Approach

Learning is more efficient in a comfortable environment. With my tutoring services, I intend to provide just that: a place where students feel comfortable trying and failing. Because tutoring should be more than just teaching. It should be guiding. It should be facilitating. It should lead to results in all aspects of life, not just academic. I don’t want to be just a tutor. I want to be a friend. A supporter. A mentor.

-Exposure, then Practice.

Research shows that learning takes place in 2 phases. The first is the exposure phase, where a student needs to conceptually understand what is happening. After that, it is appropriate to move onto the second phase, where a student needs to practice working with the concept in order to fully grasp how to use it. My tutoring will cover both of these phases, with time allocated to comfort. Additionally, I will send home practice materials with the student, so that learning can occur outside of the hours of tutoring.