week of 1-22

My first student came to office hours. I was able to help her with one dimensional kinetics. We did not spend much time together and she left more confident in her ability to understand the formulas and concepts. Looking forward to helping more students next week!

Week 1/22

This week no one came to my office hours

week of 1/22

This week was dedicated to learning about the Carnot heat engine and the laws of thermodynamics. Many students found this topic challenging during class. I didn't meet anyone at my tutoring session this week but I hope students will show up with their concerns next week. With the exams closing in I'm expecting to see more students having confusions in this area as it was a hard topic for me, when I learned it last year.

Week of 1/22

NO one came to my office hours this week. But being a freshman, I have helped some of my friends in PHYS 2 in my other classes. Clickers were given this week in class. Exam 1 will be conducted on Feb 7th and so I'm expecting students to come to my office hours next week.

Week of 1/22

This week was more eventful than the last. I had some people from a different physics session come to my office hours. They were there the whole time and I stayed an extra hour to help them understand their homework. Would like to try to switch another office hour to friday seeming as no one comes to my wednesday time.

Week of 1/22

This week I had my first set of office hours in which students came in for help. I think it's best to treat the office hours as a casual, yet focused environment so that students feel comfortable and are able to learn. I noticed that in helping students with problems, it was often helpful to hear their thoughts on the problem first. Doing that allowed me to address any misconceptions they might have had and know what parts of the problem I should emphasize.

Week of 1/22/18

During this past week of lectures, we covered more material on electrostatics and began deriving electric field equations from Gauss' Law.  There were also a number of clicker questions presented in class to help students grasp conceptual material.  No students came to my office hours this past week, but with an exam coming up soon, hopefully more students will be in attendance.