OSU-Tulsa Math Tutoring The Learning Services Center is a quiet environment where you can work on assignments at your own pace with a qualified and experienced tutor available to answer questions and guide you. Tutors can provide assistance in such topics as linear algebra, calculus, statistics, and trigonometry. Tutors may be able to assist in other areas as well. Please call to inquire about whether a tutor can help you with your special math needs. The LSC is equipped with TI-83, financial, and standard calculators, various OSU course textbooks, and other math reference books and handouts. We can help you:
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OSU-Tulsa Learning Services Center ServicesTutorialsOur one-on-one, 50 minute tutorial is one of our primary services. During the tutorial, you will meet with a trained and experienced math tutor who will assist you with your particular math needs. You can meet with the tutor for the entire 50 minutes, or you can come in and work on your problems independently with the tutor available to answer questions. If you are having difficulty, you may want to schedule multiple appointments to ensure a tutor is available for you when you need to come in. Courses that students commonly seek help in are linear algebra, calculus, and statistics. Our math tutors may, however, be able to help in other courses with math components. Please be aware that it is our policy not to work problems for students but rather teach students techniques for solving problems themselves. Emergency Calculator Loan Program To assist students with their courses, the Learning Services Center offers a calculator checkout program where students can borrow a calculator on loan. If you wish to obtain additional information about this program, call 918-594-8232 or stop by North Hall 103 to speak with a staff member. Calculators available in this program include the TI-83 Plus (graphing), HP 10BII (financial), and TI-1706SV (standard). In order to check out one of the calculators, the following requirements must be met:
FAQs How do I make an appointment? How do I make an appointment? Do I have to make an appointment or can I work on problems in the center alone until I have a question for the tutor? What do I bring to the tutoring session? What happens in a typical tutoring session? Can the tutor help me prepare for my upcoming exam? I’m having difficulty understanding the functions of my calculator. Can a tutor explain how my calculator works? Is the Learning Services Center wheelchair accessible? What other resources are available in the Learning Services Center? When is the Learning Services Center open? Where is the Learning Services Center located? Will my professor receive any notice that I visited the Learning Services Center for math tutoring? Angela Erickson has worked in the Learning Services Center since August 2006. Angie began as a math tutor and is now our testing specialist. Angie graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2002 with a B.S. in Mathematics and in 2004 with an M.S. in Mathematics. During her college career, Angie tutored for the Math department and tutored students privately in a variety of math classes. Since then, she has been teaching at the college level and tutoring at a variety of levels. She has taught at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL and Highland Community College in Freeport, IL. Diana Porneala has been working as a math tutor in the Learning Services Center and teaching a variety of business courses at Tulsa Community College since January 2007. Diana graduated from the University Al. I Cuza (Iasi, Romania) in 1997 with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Trade and from Oklahoma State University in 2004 with a Masters Degree in Economics. She also has been tutoring students at different levels on economics, statistics, and finance areas. Resources for InstructorsIn-Class Visits and ToursWe encourage instructors to contact us to schedule an in-class presentation or tour. We will introduce the Learning Services Center to your students in a short 10-15 minute in-class visit or tour of the facilities. During the tours and class visits, we will give details about the services that we offer, our hours and our basic tutoring philosophies. A Learning Services Center tour or in-class visit is a good way to encourage students to seek outside assistance and support from the start of the semester. We'll even pass out pencils and brochures to remind students to use our facilities. Please Contact Us to schedule a visit or tour. If you would like a supply of pencils or brochures for your students, contact us, and we'll be happy to send some. Put Us in Your SyllabusSome instructors choose to include information about the math tutoring in their syllabus or introductory materials. The following paragraph describes the Learning Services Center and can be pasted in your syllabus: The OSU-Tulsa Learning Services Center is a free writing and math tutoring service available to all students on the OSU-Tulsa campus. The Learning Services Center offers 50-minute, one-on-one tutorials that can assist students with writing assignments at any phase of the writing process, including brainstorming, organization, developing support, and documenting sources. We also offer 50-minute math tutorials for topics such as statistics, linear algebra, calculus and more. Please contact the Learning Services Center to schedule an appointment. Please note that since the Learning Services Center is an instructional-based resource, tutors are not permitted to proofread or copy-edit papers or provide answers to math problems. However, they can help students develop editing and proofreading skills and teach students how to work through their own math problems to arrive at correct solutions. Hours9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday Summer Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday The Learning Services Center will be closed during the following holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day The Learning Services Center will close at 5:00 p.m. between semesters and during Spring Break and Fall Break.
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