Max
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I am a fourth-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Hispanic Studies while completing the pre-medicine science track and a minor in nutrition. I have extensive experience tutoring high school students as well as adult learners in math, science, and Spanish, having worked as a GED instructor at a local community center. Research areas include nutritional biochemistry and mechanical CPR. Spanish is a passion of mine, but I also love biochemistry, pharmacology, and anatomy/physiology. Working through question sets with explanations is, I think, the best way to approach any subject. Here to help!
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Undergraduate Degree: University of Tennessee - Bachelor in Arts, Spanish Language and Hispanic Studies
Nutrition, Music, Medicine
- 10th Grade
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- 6th Grade
- 6th Grade Science
- 7th Grade
- 7th Grade Science
- 8th Grade
- 8th Grade Science
- 9th Grade
- ACT English
- Anatomy
- Anatomy & Physiology
- AP Spanish Language & Culture
- Biology
- Cardiology
- Cell Biology
- Chemistry
- College Biology
- College Chemistry
- Composition
- Conversational Spanish
- Elementary School
- Elementary School Science
- Endocrinology
- ESL/ELL
- GED Prep
- General Biology
- General Chemistry
- Graduate Test Prep
- Guitar
- High School
- High School Biology
- High School Chemistry
- Immunology
- Languages
- Life Sciences
- MCAT Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
- Medical Terminology
- Medicine
- Middle School
- Middle School Science
- Music
- Pathology
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmacology
- Professional Certifications
- Spanish
- Spanish 1
- Spanish 2
- Spanish 3
- Spanish 4
- Summer
- USMLE
If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
Number one: be patient. Never judge a student for not getting it the first time. Always find multiple ways to explain ideas.
What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?
Assess where they are, and don't make assumptions about what they know. Help them differentiate between what can be memorized to move on and what needs to be understood.
How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?
Meet them where they are. Find out about them, and relate the subject to something in their life. "You ever wonder why a light saber would never work?"
What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?
Have students guide you through an example after doing several together.
How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?
Always give students an opportunity to be right. If you make the lesson a conversation where you constantly ask them questions (even simple ones), they get to be right enough to stay confident.
How do you evaluate a student's needs?
Ask first if the student would prefer you operate one way or another based on past experience. Pay attention to body language and social cues.
What is your teaching philosophy?
Memorize the BARE minimum. Come to understand the concepts through examples. If you have to use memorization, find reasons anywhere you can along the way to explain why the fundamentals are the way they are.
How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?
Go over answer choices and have them argue for or against each. It's always about going back to the text with reading comprehension.