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Kevin Ninomiya
808-227-9375
ninomiyak001@hawaii.rr.com

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Math Tutoring & Test Preparation on Oahu

Purchase SSAT Test Preparation Study Guides exclusively at               Education Works Hawaii (Located near Dole Cannery Theaters)

"7 Practice Tests for the SSAT: Lower Level"

"Math Concepts Practice for the SSAT: Lower Level"

 

"6 Practice Tests for the SSAT: Upper Level" 

 

What is the purpose of these SSAT test preparation study guides?

                    

A pervasive characteristic of SSAT private school admission exams for current fifth through ninth graders is that they are very difficult, oftentimes featuring Math / Reading / Verbal test questions one to two grade levels above your child’s current public or private school curriculum.  A reason for this is that the SSAT targets a small, highly competitive group of students applying for top private schools across the nation.

 

To better prepare the dozens of fifth thru ninth graders I coach each year, I have used my 10+ years of teaching / test-preparation / curriculum-development experience to create study guides that closely approximate the sequence, scope, phrasing and difficulty level of actual SSAT exams.

 

 

ý   Arithmetic / Pre-Algebra / Algebra I-III / Geometry / Analytic Geometry / Trigonometry / Pre-Calculus / Calculus / Statistics / Physics

 

ý   Private School Admission Preparation

Entrance to Grade 4 (Punahou): Test Prep: Reading / Math / Logic & Reasoning, 

                                                Writing Sample and Interview

Entrance to Grades 6 thru 8: SSAT Lower, Essay and Interview Prep

Entrance to Grades 9 thru 11: SSAT Upper, Essay and Interview Prep  

 

ý   Test Preparation (all sections):  SSAT / SAT / SAT II-Math / ACT GED / GRE / Praxis - Math Content Knowledge / ERB (Kamehameha Schools Exam)

 

ý   Reading / Writing Skills Enhancement

 

ý  Microsoft Excel / Access / Powerpoint / Data Analysis

 

ý  Grade 1 thru College

 

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Dear Parent,

Thank you for taking an interest in my math and test preparation programs.

 

As a math and standardized exam preparation teacher/tutor of 10+ years with experience ranging from Arithmetic to Calculus to SSAT / SAT / ACT / GRE / GED

Praxis TestPrep (all sections), I am intimately familiar with the sequence and scope of the math concepts and test preparation skills a student needs to know to reach goals in middle school, high school, college and graduate school.

 

As a former student, I emphatically understand how maddening math and test preparation can be!  The primary duty of a tutor is not to dispense textbook information nor to regurgitate a teacher’s lecture.  Rather, it is to mind-meld with the student and tap painstakingly into the recesses of the young person’s learning personality.  It is only after a teacher / tutor gains insight into this learning personality, unique to each child, that a tutoring relationship can begin to reach its optimal potential.  Successful tutoring must involve a student-centered teaching approach, and rely heavily on hands-on interaction.

 

A daunting roadblock to student comprehension of higher-level concepts is the clashing of this learning personality between instructor (of whom 80% are concrete sequential) and student (e.g. abstract random) which too often results in school anxiety and parental dissatisfaction.  With Oahu student-to-teacher ratios escalating, let personalized tutoring sessions save your child hours / days / weeks / months of unnecessary frustrated confusion pondering mystifying academic disciplines, all the while, unleashing his or her unlimited analytic potential to engage higher-level learning endeavors (no complex terminology, no abstract symbolism)!

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