November 19th, 2010 
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Six Characteristics to Look for in a Math Tutor
Author: Ishmael J Robinson
1. Educational Background
2. Training or Past Experience
Communication skills are key a component needed when helping others learn. Delivering materials to meet the individual’s needs is another important characteristic of an effective tutor. Previous teaching or tutoring is a highly recommended quality when searching for an ideal tutor. Experience at the grade level of your student is also something to look for when selecting an individual. The education field is always changing therefore good tutors work for companies that provide ongoing professional development or seek continual training themselves.
3. Location or Site and Schedule
Reducing the time and cost of traveling expenses is important and should be convenient for the customer. Several bigger companies have multiple locations to provide customers with the ability to choose a site in their neighborhood. Other companies provide telephone or online tutoring, either as their primary approach or as a supplement to classroom settings.
4. Student to Teacher Ratio
Several case studies have proven that students learn best when instruction is delivered to meet their individual needs. Also smaller class sizes and one-to-one learning, are emphasized so you can get the maximum assistance from math tutoring. Usually, younger students benefit the most from smaller classroom sizes, although older students also improve academically from more individualized attention.
5. Teaching others, Practice and Testing
The best way to retain information that is taught is by teaching others; this method translates into a 90% retention rate. This can be accomplished through probing questions used by the tutor. Practicing is the next best retention method, which results in a 75% retention rate. One way to accomplish this is by completing homework assignments or in-class problem discussions. Ongoing testing will help to ensure that the concepts taught are being mastered. Math tutoring companies often assist parents for preparation on standardized test such as the: ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, therefore having access to test in the same format as the standardized test can be beneficial.
6. Prices
Individuals that tutor need to be compensated for their time and services, so it is not practical to think that you will receive good math tutoring for free. In order to receive a small student to teacher ratio, it will more than likely cost a little extra. To determine if the money invested is worth it, you will have to look at the individual needs of the student and how much they want to succeed in the subject of math. Remember that educational expenses may be tax deductible at the end of the year, depending on the state you live in. Therefore, it is imperative that you save your receipts and ask your accountant further questions.
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About the Author
My name is Ishmael Robinson. I have been an educator for 11 years working with students from K-12. My experience consist of teaching math, serving as an administrator and teaching others how to use technology. Please visit my website for more information at http://www.tutorfi.com/ishmaelrobinson
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what kind of math is involved in game development?
Hi Yahoo! Answerers,
Indie/Professional game developers and anyone else who has experience in game dev are encouraged to reply. Be specific plz. I want to know what kind of formulas. Is it more Algebra? More calculus ? how complex can it get ? thanks in advance.
Matrices are used a whole lot for anything with 3d. You can make a game with only basic maths if you’re comfortable with matrices for doing transforms.
I think for a lot of more complex stuff most people would cheat a bit and use and exist algorithm in the public domain. For example an optimised sorting algorithm, a JPEG DCT decoder or even line drawing(that bresenham was a smart cookie).
Apart from that just be able to read maths so you can research a problem that comes up during development, eg maybe you’ve been using matrices for rotation but are running into issue with gimbal lock, you might read up on euler angles and quaternions. But even here there much already published for the lazy developer.
So unless you wanna be really innovative, get happy with basic maths, and matrices and using them for transformations, etc.
Can i work as a software engineer (in aerospace field) if I study Software Development ?
The Software Development curriculum in my college is :
B.S. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Professional CoursesCRPrereq.
Intro to Computer Theory (SWE-135)3
Intro to Data Comm (NET-130)3
Web Page Development I (WEB-125)3
C++ Programming I (SWE-140)3SWE135
Relational Database (SWE-200)3SWE135
Software Sys Analysis (SWE-130)3
Web Development II (WEB-225)3WEB125
C++ Programming II (SWE-240)3SWE140
Data Structures & Algorithms (SWE281)3SWE240 MTH220
Usability & Design (WEB-370)3WEB320 or SWE130
Intro to Java Programming (SWE-150)3SWE135
Client Side Scripting (WEB-325)3WEB225
Java Systems Dev. (SWE-3XX)3SWE200 & either SWE150 or SWE240
Computer & Network Sec (SEC-250)3NET130
Server Side Scripting (WEB-320)3SWE200 or WEB200
.NET Architecture with C# 1 (SWE345)3SWE200 & either SWE240 or SWE3xx Java Sys Dev
Linux/UNIX Programming (SWE-315)3SWE240
Proj Mgmt/Team Leadership (MGT260)3
.NET Architecture with C# II (SWE346) 3SWE345
Database Systems (CIT-3XX)3SWE200
Software & Web Site Sec (SEC-335)3WEB125 SEC250
Enterprise Dev I (SWE-435) OR Internship (SWE-490)3Java Sys Dev
General Education
CREW I (ENG-111)3
Interpersonal Comm (COM-130)3
Algebra & Trigonometry (MTH-220)3MTH120
CREW II (ENG-112)3ENG111
Calculus (MTH-310)3MTH220
Literature Elective 3
Discrete Math (MTH-325)3MTH220
Ethics (PHI-320)3PHI110, 75 cr
Nat’l Science w/Lab (SCI-XXX)4
Intercultural Comm (COM-270)3COM130
Fine Arts Elective (ART-XXX)3
Intro to Psychology (PSY-100) OR Intro to Sociology (SOC-110)3
Arts/Hum/Soci Sci/Math/Sci Electives3
Technical Writing (WRT-231)3
History Elective (HIS-xxx)3
General Electives8
The key to obtaining any job is to convince the interviewer that you have what it takes to exceed their expectations. Reviewing the list of classes you have here, I definitely think it would be a great start to that career field.
The best thing to do, of course, is to contact software engineers in the field you are interested in and ask them what their background, education, and credentials are, then you can tailor your education to suit. Good luck!
If I go to college for business management; what are the possibilities afterwords?
I plan to go to TSTC in Waco, Texas for Business Management.
What all doors does this open up for me after I graduate?
These are the courses I am taking.
Introduction to Accounting
Accounting II
Payroll and Business Tax Accounting
Small Business Management
Business Law
Technical Customer Service
Laws of Cyberspace and Ethical Issues
Introduction to Keyboards
Business Math and Machine Applications
Business English
Professional Development for Office Personnel
Aviation Law
Cisco certification-http://ccietutorials.com/
Where can I find a downloadable high school math textbook online?
I’m studying to get my teacher’s certificate, and part of that includes taking some professional development courses along with my teacher training (teachers are also required to take a certain number of hours of professional development in order to keep their certification current). I’m taking a course right now that requires me to put together an online module for a unit that I am currently teaching. Of course, I’m not currently teaching anything (unlike all my classmates). So I plan to just find a high school math textbook somewhere and base my module on a unit in that textbook. But I can’t find one at the moment. I don’t want to pay $50+ dollars for one or wait for it to come in the mail. They don’t have any at the library, or at Barnes and Noble. My next step is to look for one at the local used book stores near my house, but other than that, I’m stuck. Does anyone know where I can find a reasonably-priced ($30 or less.. or free!) high school math textbook online that I can just download? Any math subject, doesn’t matter. As long as it’s taught at the high school level and not college.
here
http://www.totallyfreemath.com/
computer science degree worth getting for web development?
I’ve read on the internet about how outdated our computer science curriculum is here in America. With new web technologies coming out so fast, is it even wroth the cost to obtain an undergraduate degree in computer science to program a professional database backed website? Will the fundamentals and the math actually be helpful in what I want to do?
I have started a Computer Science degree in ireland and not sure what ill end up doin web, video etc. You would be getting the degree for employers mostly and learning how everything on the backend works. As for all the new technologies on the web it would be up to you to pick the ones you want to learn about in your own time, tutorials etc
Have to ask yourself if you even intend to work for someone else or for yourself? Would you need a degree if thats the case?