Tutor Profile

Schedule

Grey: Busy
Black: Available

Tuition Areas [...]: Buona Vista, West, South, Bukit Batok, Bukit Merah, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Central (City), Clementi/West Coast, Jurong East, Jurong West, Kallang/Whampoa, Queenstown, Serangoon, Commonwealth, Dover, Harbourfront, Marina Bay, Outram Park, Redhill, Tanjong Pagar, Tiong Bahru, Boon Keng, Farrer Park, Little India, Woodleigh

Tuition/Teaching Experience: I have taught 1st year university chemistry in New Zealand for 3 years in a
variety of formats. Many one on one students, group sessions and I was hired by
2 university halls of residence to teach 1st year chemistry to classes of about
40 students. I also have experience privately teaching high school chemistry in NZ
and second year organic chemistry. Chemistry is my passion.

Education [...]

NUS (Masters of Science, submitted) (2017-2019)
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University of Otago (BSc Hons First Class) (2013-2016)
- CHEM191 Chemical Basis of - A+
- BIOC192 Foundations of Bi - A+
- CHEM111 Chemistry: Molecu - A+
- CHEM202 Organic Synthesis - A+
- CHEM201 Environmental Phy - A+
- CHEM205 Biological Chemis - A+
- PHAL211 Introductory Phar - A+
- CM3221 Organic Synthesis - A+
- CM3222 Organic Reaction M - A
- CM4228 Catalysis - A+

Tutoring Subjects

Commitment / Other Details: I am available till the end of the academic year (December 2019) and will be fully dedicated to tuition during this time.

Rapport Building: I treat all students no matter what ability level with respect. I am very personable and patient with everyone.

Keeping Up with Curriculum: I performed very well in my NZ high school chemistry exam (got a score in the top 0.3% of the national cohort). Following this I took university chemistry. This gives me a solid basis in chemistry that I then polish up with a thorough work-through of the current A levels text book and problem set. I am confident for any question posed for any level of high school chemistry.

As a Good Tutor: I have a good understanding of the learning process and how the brain assimilates and structures knowledge. I use this understanding to make learning as pain-free and edifying as possible. I have tutored students of all ability levels in my past and have had success with all. I start out by gaining an understanding myself of the critical facts the student needs to grasp in order to have a working knowledge of the subject. From there I explain those crucial concepts in a number of ways in order to impart a full understanding. For example, in organic chemistry most ionic mechanisms can be described by 4 fundamental 'steps', nucleophile attacks electrophile, leaving group leaving, proton transfer and rearrangement. Learning this along with the fundamentals of chemical reactivity GREATLY simplifies organic chemistry throughout high school. I also accept that the brain does not assimilate knowledge in a single day/session. The brain needs multiple encounters to learn. Knowing this I make sure to briefly repeat and re asses the students knowledge during the next session. I have found 2 encounters of this type is enough to impart a good working knowledge of a concept with a student. Finally I attack the problems. At the end of the day the student needs to perform well in exams. So I like to breakdown the types of problems and focus on the most efficient way to understand what the question is asking and then how to solve the problem.

Assignments Taken

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Company's Address: 274 MacPherson Rd, 348599 Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 9am to 7pm