Thomas R.
- Ballwin, MO 63021 ( 27 mi )
- Experienced Reading Comprehension Tutor
- Male Age 46
- Member Since: 02/2013
- Will travel up to 40 miles
- Rates from $25.00 to $40.00 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Writing, Journalism, Creative Writing, Composition
My comments on tutoring Reading Comprehension : Going along with the ability to write and an above average comphrehension of vocabulary and essay writing - you almost have to be able to do just essentially the opposite. As stated, my experience in writing for 4 years for the schol newspaper, past and current work as a health articel writer for the online health magazine www.mindandmuscle.net has armed me with he ability to grasp stories, or subject matter and relay what is difficult subject matter - reading - to my student - and teach it to them in a understandable and absorable manner such that they truly do learn the subject.
Learning can be hard. Memorization can be hard. Knowing how to determine the proper equation to use in a chemistry or math equation can be hard. What I focus on with my students is not simply telling them the information and how they should go about finding the right answer but, more importantly, why the answer they are choosing is correct. What that does is to force them to learn the actual skill and when to use a given equation or what a sign or symbol indicates in terms of the type of problem they are trying to solve. By doing this, I find, the student is able to get to the core of not simply stuffing equations, grammar terms, or scientific terminology in their heads and then unloading them on the test. Rather - and this is my main objective with each student - they understand why their answer is right. They LEARN.
An easy way to test this is when quizzing them and browsing thei ... read more
