9/24

This week, I had one person show up to my office hours. She asked two questions about the written homework, and I was able to clarify some details of the problem for her. Outside of office hours, I met with two of my mentees, one of which for the first time this semester. I made sure to remind them that their first exam is this week, and I sent them all an email with hints and tips on what to study. This week, I'll meet with all three of them, and I'll try my best to prepare them for their first exam.

Week of 9/24

Office hours this week were pretty crazy. Many students seemed to have the same question, but myself and another UTA weren't able to figure it out. This week was the first exam and I am very interested to see how it went for my lecture and to see if that increases the number of students attending office hours.

Rosh Bharthi Week of 9/24

This week, I helped two people in my office hour who needed help on the homework. I met with two of my PhySHIP mentees to go over how to study and provided some help on concepts they wanted cleared up. This weekend, I will email my third mentee what information I went over with the other two so that he can better study and be prepared for next week's first exam.

Week of 9/24

This week, I had one office hour visitor. I helped him through questions he had on previous homework he had trouble understanding and cleared up new concepts we learned in class. He seemed to understand much better by the time he left. I also met with 3 out of my 4 mentees - they are all trying very had studying and preparing for their exam next week. I recommended going over previous homework assignments as well as looking to the book for  a few extra practice problems.

Week of 9-24-18

This week the students had an exam on Wednesday, so I had quite a few people stop by Monday and Wednesday right before the exam. I did not have any come on Friday because they haven't learned any new content yet. A lot of the students ended up asking me to check the validity of their formula sheets to make sure they followed the guidelines and understood what the formulas meant. I seem to be getting the same few people who come to my office hours which makes me feel good because I feel like I am helping them enough that they want to come back for more support. 

Week of 9/24

The students have their first exam on Friday, which resulted in a big turnout during all three days of my office hours this week. On Tuesday I had six students come in for help preparing for the test.

Many of the students came in with questions about how to prepare for the exam. I was glad that I was able to help alleviate some of their stress regarding the exam by sharing some study tips and test taking skills that have worked well for me in the past.

The students also had a lot of questions on the study guide and homework problems they were given, particularly problems regarding force and tension. Many of them had conceptual misunderstandings regarding tension that I was able to clear up.

Week of 9/24

Surprisingly, no one showed up this week even though we had an exam on wednesday. Hopefully everyone did well on the exam and I hope to see more students