Math with Austin D.

I try to understand where the student is struggling and not understanding the concept. This includes walking through each step in the problem before arriving to the solution. This would ideally be done with multiple problems before I ask them to try on their own and we review it together. If while reviewing the problem I encounter an error, I would ask them what led them to this result. Once they provide me their thought process, I would rectify it by correcting them with the appropriate methodology and explaining why it's the correct approach. I would then ask if they would like to try another problem alone or we do it together. Once they are able to do problems alone and accurately, I would move on to the next topic that the client is confused on. The idea isn't for me to show off my knowledge and instead try to gauge where the student's strengths and weaknesses are, as the service is for them. The beautiful aspect to mathematics is occasionally multiple tools can be used to achieve the same result. Therefore, if they are struggling in understanding a certain concept, an alternative approach is to show a different tool to use for achieving the same answer. This of course, must be supplied with an explanation so that they understand the new tool. If the topic at hand has a limited toolset, then emphasis will instead be placed on rectifying the thought process as to how they come up with the solutions to each step within the problem using the conventional approach.