English: Using conjunctive adverbs
When you tutor English, conjunctive adverbs come up – especially around due dates for important English …
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English: Using they or their with a singular pronoun?
She-or-he and her-or-his are clumsy constructions. Can you escape them? The English tutor has looked it …
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Math: Factoring: Difference of Squares
The math tutor recommends a little light factoring on this beautiful Sunday morning…. Last post I …
Math: Factoring: Common Factor
As a math tutor, you notice the importance of this technique. Factoring means breaking a number …
Math: Direct Proportionality
As a math tutor, you’ll likely introduce this concept. It’s used even more in physics and …
Biology: Energy and ATP
Tutoring biology, you need to be aware of the connection between ATP and energy. In a …
Math: Finding Square Root or Cube Root from Prime Factorization
The math tutor continues to appreciate prime factorization for all it yields. Let’s imagine you need …
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Math: Introduction to Polynomials
As a math tutor, you deal with polynomials half the weeks of the year. A polynomial …
Biology: Alternation of Generations
I’ve always found this topic a bit tricky. As a biology tutor, it’s time to give …
Math: when to use Permute, when to use Choose
With counting problems, the math tutor needs to explain the uses of permute and choose. Permute …