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Adrianne

Bachelors, Social Science, Latin American Studies

University of Michigan, DePaul University

About Me

I greatly enjoy working with adolescents and middle school-age students and helping them achieve their academic potential. My tutoring experience extends back more than a decade. Since early high school, I have tutored both peers and younger students. My students have included special education, gifted, English Language Learners, music/arts students and students with disabilities. I have tutored math up to Calculus AP; English Writing, Reading Comprehension and College Essay instruction; Science through AP Physics; and test preparation for GRE, ACT, SAT as well as state-mandated tests in Illinois and Michigan. Finally, I majored in and am pursuing a Master's Degree in the field of social science. The Master's in Education program at Depaul is preparing me to teach students from a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds at the secondary level.

Education & Certifications

University of Michigan

Bachelors, Social Science, Latin American Studies

DePaul University

Masters in Education, Bilingual Education/Secondary Education

Test Scores

SAT

Composite

1430

Verbal

740

ACT

Composite

Math

English

Reading

Science

Q&A with Adrianne

It's all about asking the right guiding questions and offering support at critical junctures. I often see tutors explain an entire problem and solution, then ask the student if he or she understands, and inevitably the student will answer "yes" and they will move on. I look for proof of understanding. For example, if a student struggles with a complex math problem, I will encourage her to take a step back and think about what she already knows that helped her get to this point. Then we work through the problem step by step. Another example could be in critical reading. I'll ask the student to read but pause in certain places to ask questions like, "Why do you think that sentence is there?" or "What does that quote reveal about the character?" Over time, students learn to ask those kinds of reflective questions of themselves, once the technique has been modeled for them.