Mehmet M.

I believe everyone can be successful in IB physics. The only need is time. Physics is so meaningful that it is a miss if the logic behind it is not explained. I plan my lessons for every step in a logical manner so that students can justify relationships and where they can use this information.

Analyze students' pace and needs to be successful.

Let the student experience every type of question by himself/herself and give enough opportunity to discover relationships between concepts.

Motivation is something that increases with success. I am not moving to the following topic unless the student can accomplish every step alone and feel confident about the topic covered.

Just analyze what prevents understanding the topic and teach that part first such as showing mathematical skills or eliminating misconceptions then move on with the topic intended to be thought.

In physics, it is easy to see the pattern in the questions. Just few tips are enough.

Start with an interesting question or phenomena, learn to answer that question and focus on logic behind the physics, use daily life experiences and applications and to let student try by himself/herself every step to solve relevant IB past paper questions and show exam hacks on past paper questions

Just show him/her that he/she can be successful with moving small steps.

Use past paper questions that cover every type which has been asked so far in the IB exams as a task in the lesson time.

Move the next topic after the student is an expert in the ongoing concept.

By monitoring the student's solutions to the questions.

I have been tutoring for so many years. I can adjust the pace and examples to be solved according to students' needs.

I use my PowerPoint presentations that explain in detail the whole chapter. The presentation comprises teaser questions, worked examples, recommended experiments, simulation, and detailed explanations of the flow of the lesson in the note section of the presentation. A complimentary handout is provided to the students during the lesson. This saves time for students as they don’t have to take intense notes thus enabling them to focus on the lecture. The handout carries questions that are discussed in the class and helps me detect any knowledge gap in their comprehension of concepts. But more importantly, the handout is a comprehensive summary of the chapter which the student can refer back to when needed. A worksheet that includes handpicked multiple-choice questions from past papers 1 and structured questions from past papers 2. The questions are carefully selected to keep them relevant to the topic and avoid chapters that the students have not studied yet.