Category: Tutor Contributions

New Master Resource Page + Session Analysis

NEW Master Resources Page

If you haven’t had a chance to bookmark our new Master Resources page, we encourage you to do so. Going forward, this site will host all tutor documents, forms and videos, along with serving as an onboarding guide for new tutors. We’d love to hear your feedback! Leave us a comment to share your thoughts or if you notice a resource is missing.

SESSION ANALYSIS

After reading through this session, what are some ideas that come to mind for increasing the likelihood of the session reaching “Bridged”?

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

— Team Yup

Discussion:

New Training Videos + Session Analysis

The latest videos in our Tutor Training series are here!

Last week, you all received an email from Raj with special instructions for accessing PlayPosit, a website that allows us to test your knowledge as you watch training videos.

Through PlayPosit, we have released 5 videos that look at adapting probing questions to different levels of student engagement. The videos demonstrate student engagement levels using mock live sessions and explore the following infographic in detail:

The deadline for completing this task is Friday, February 10th. Please be sure to start with “1. How to Probe – Intro”. If you have any questions or are having issues please let us know at tutor.support@yup.com.

SESSION ANALYSIS

What are some different approaches that could have been taken with this student to increase the likelihood of the session reaching “Bridged”?

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

— Team Yup

Discussion:

Team Session Analysis

After reading through the following session…

  • What are some aspects of this session that don’t align with Yup’s ideologies?
  • How could this tutor ensure that the student’s learning needs were being met and knowledge gaps fully addressed?

Feel free to use timestamps to refer to a specific interaction.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

— Team Yup

Discussion:

Discussion Question + Calculus: What DON’T we cover?

Team Discussion

Today’s discussion question comes from math tutor Robert Wear:

“I know it’s important to use the whiteboard, but sometimes, I feel like using it interrupts the flow of conversation if the session is going quickly. What pointers do you guys have to make it less awkward?”

Calculus: What concepts DON’T we cover?

While Yup covers most basic calculus concepts, occasionally we do receive calculus questions that fall outside of our range.  To distinguish between basic and higher level calculus, we use the AP Calculus concept outline, which is divided across two courses: Calculus AB and Calculus BC. Currently, Yup only covers Calculus AB concepts. The following concepts fall under AP Calculus BC and are therefore outside of Yup’s range:

  • Calculating derivatives of vector-valued functions, parametric functions, and functions in polar coordinates
  • Using derivatives to determine velocity, speed or acceleration for a particle moving along curves given by parametric or vector-valued functions
  • Using derivatives of polar functions to provide information about a given curve.
  • Using definite integrals to determine displacement, distance, and position of a particle moving along a curve given by parametric or vector-valued functions
  • Solving problems involving planar motion
  • Using Euler’s method to approximate a solution or a point on a solution curve for differential equations
  • Evaluating improper integrals or showing that improper integrals diverge
  • Evaluating integrals using integration by parts or partial fractions
  • Applying definite integrals to problems involving length of a curve
  • Calculating areas bounded by polar curves with definite integrals
  • Calculating the length of a planar curve using definite integrals
  • Solving differential equations involving logistic growth
  • Determining whether a series converges or diverges
  • Determining or estimating the sum of a series
  • Constructing and using Taylor polynomials
  • Writing a power series to represent a given function
  • Determine the radius and interval of convergence of a power series

As always, let us know what questions you have!

— Team Yup

Discussion: