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Nicky A

£33/hr

Medical student with more than 5 years experience tutoring

Examiner Replies within 35 minutes 201 lessons taught

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Nicky really enjoys working with and helping fellow students. With experience tutoring since 2018 she has up to date knowledge and can adapt the lessons to suit your needs whether it be for Maths, Biology or Chemistry

A bit about Nicky A

I am a 3rd Medical student with more than 5 years experience in tutoring! I have been tutoring since the start of my A-levels. In my Gap year I worked in Secondary schools as a Science and Maths tutor and helped many students understand science better and achieve the grades the needed. I have an AFHEA in teaching and looking forward to pursuing a MSc in Clinical education in the next few years. I am passionate about chemistry and found it the easiest subject! I break down each question and wont let any student leave my session without fully understanding the question :) I have always enjoyed teaching and helping my peers in difficult questions back in GCSE. I believe teaching and helping others helps you grow and understand the topic better as well. So I make sure I help every student in a way that they could one day be able to teach the topic to someone else! During my gap year I worked in a secondary school for a tutoring company called YIPIYAP that gave me the opportunity to work with students that had missed on teaching due to the pandemic. I also obtained my AFHEA certificate in Higher Education Teaching during my second year of studies at medical school. I am proud that all my students go on to achieve the grades they want for their UCAS applications. I help my students to learn to enjoy the subjects they are doing with me and make them feel comfortable in answering exam questions. Chemistry, Biology and Maths. I got 3 A* in my A-levels and would love to share my experience and knowledge with students to help them boost their grade. I am also happy to helps students with their medicine application or help prepare for any medical school interviews. A-levels, GCSE - All exam boards. I break down each topic into understandable "chunks" and after explaining each concept I make sure to follow it up with an example questions. The key to getting an A* in A-levels is to know the different questions types and the techniques of attempting to answer them. I make sure my students are familiar with the repetitive questions and help them learn how to solve those harder questions by encouraging them to improve their problem-solving techniques. For each student I devise a personalised past paper schedule and make sure each student sticks to the schedule in order to attempt all the exam questions before their upcoming exams. "cognitive Load Theory" (CLT). I am interested in learning new pedagogical theories and try to incorporate them in my teaching style. CLT emphasises that the learners memory can hold no more than 3-4 facts at any given point, hence I break down concepts into manageable "chunks" and reveal information one by one to ensure my students can retain the information given to them.

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Teaches

Subject Rate
Maths
Level
GCSE
 £33/hr
Biology
Level
GCSE
 £33/hr
Biology
Level
A-Level
 £33/hr
Chemistry
Level
GCSE
 £33/hr
Chemistry
Level
A-Level
 £33/hr
Medical School Preparation
Level
MSP
 £33/hr
Revision Skills
Level
Revision Skills
 £33/hr
Exam Technique
Level
Exam Technique
 £33/hr
Human Biology
Level
A-Level
 £33/hr
Human Biology
Level
GCSE
 £33/hr
Medicine
Level
A-Level
 £33/hr

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