Today, I observed Razan tutoring Joel for maths session, Joel is in year 7 and has an upcoming maths exam in less than a week, therefore the session today was based on all prep for his upcoming exam. Throughout the hour, Razan went over the topics that will be covered during his exam, this includes fractions, equations, integers and geometry. In this block she gave him practice questions and exams to test his knowledge on these topics to see what he remembers or where he needs further help/improvement, after gauging what he knows and what he struggles with, she helped/went over the topics with him to ensure he remembered the content that was previous taught. Razan was very patient when teaching him, especially when he was completing harder and more challenging questions, she encouraged him and to give them a go and then they could work it out together, after he had completed them to the best of his ability. Joel struggled mostly with fractions, and therefore razan planned most of the time during the session to ensuring he understood the concept of simplifying, adding, subtraction, multiplying and dividing fractions as well as worded problems. Through going over the content joel understood more of the work and was able to answer questions with much more confidence and understanding of what is being asked. Razan further gave him homework to aid in his preparation for his exam, with the homework incorporating all the previous topics he learnt that will be examined on his exam day. After the session was completed, razan and joel played a game on uno to end the session after a lot of work was completed.

Daniella