At Study Hut, our local experts will help you improve your grades as well as your study habits. Here are tips from a El Segundo Math Tutor to improve your math grade.
- Do the homework carefully
Homework is an excuse to get really good at the work before you’re tested on it. If you rush through it, you’re wasting your time! Work through each problem carefully and check the answers to make sure you know what’s what. - Do extra problems
If you’re only assigned the odds, do the evens! This will save you from cramming and/or bombing the test. - Write down the ‘warm up’ or ‘practice’ problems your teacher puts on the board
If you’re teacher takes the time to go through it, this problem or something like it will probably appear on the test! - Write out the steps to a problem: “Teach the Alien” Style
This means you should explain each step in excruciating detail-as if you were teaching an creature from another planet who has never heard of geometry. - Teach your mom how to do a particularly tough problem
It is scientifically proven that the best way to learn something is to teach it. This is called the protégé effect. - Color code your notes
For example, highlight the change in each step! - Make a cheat sheet-and COLOR CODE it (even if you don’t get to use it on the test)
This is a great way to review and identify the key concepts. - Complete the study guide at least two days before the test
This way if you’re confused, you have time to figure it out! - Keep those cheat sheets and study guides
They will be your main study material for the final! - Study your old quizzes and tests
Do this both for the practice problems and to figure out what type of questions your teacher uses: are they straight from the book? are they from the homework? were they done in class? - Ask for help
If you aren’t sure how to do it or only kind of understand, go to your teacher before or after school (added bonus: the face time shows that you’re putting in extra effort, which never hurts.) - Come to Study Hut!
Our college-educated tutors are well versed in all levels of math, from Pre-Algebra to AP Calculus. If you’re having trouble, a one-on-one session tailored to your needs with an attentive tutor could be the key to improve your math grade.
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