Hey everyone, I had the great opportunity to observe Riva’s session! She did a great job going through practice HSC exam papers and any questions her student brought in. They broke down each question and all the key terms, so her student understood the topic he needed to apply and what the specific question was asking for. They also went through the CambridgeGo textbook, as there were a range of different types of questions, that cater for a range of different difficulties. The questions ranged from easy to hard and there were also some extension questions. It was great to see how familiar her student was with the content.

They specifically looked at time difference questions. Where the student had different time zones he had to calculate or different airplane trips, and he had to work out the time the flight landed in the departure time zone.

Riva did a great job explaining the time zone concept as her student got confused and stumped resolving these types of questions. They also worked on trigonometry and angles.

They looked at the different difficulties of questions to see the students ability to interpret and solve each question. This helped to work out where the student is, with his understanding of the content.

Riva did a great job allowing her student to work through each question independently. When her student got stuck she would then help him. They worked through each question carefully and Riva encouraged her student to detail each part of his working out.

It was great to see how friendly they were and how comfortable her student was with her. They had a great relationship and they got along really well.

Riva then gave her student a HSC exam paper to do for him homework. This is great exam prep for the upcoming HSC.

Overall, Riva did a great job helping her student. It was a great session. Keep it up!

Ashley Cohen