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Ben Holmquist
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
Learning Center Growth Part 2: Running Experiments
Last post, I wrote about a simple system for tracking your center’s impact revolving around your Key Performance Indicator, or KPI. This...
Ben Holmquist
- Nov 30, 2020
- 5 min
Learning Center Growth, Part 1: Tracking a Key Metric
Through running a startup, we’ve learned quite a bit about growth. There is a lot of great content on this topic for startups, but the...
Ben Holmquist
- May 7, 2020
- 4 min
The Shifting Value Propositions of Higher Education
When considering the “social gatherings” most vulnerable to COVID-19, it is hard to leave higher education off of the list. And given the...
Victoria Xu
- Apr 29, 2020
- 4 min
Securing Your Zoom Classrooms
One of the most popular resources being used to educate during the COVID-19 pandemic is Zoom, a free mobile and desktop app for video and...
Ben Holmquist
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Why Mobile Matters for Today's Learning Centers
The mission of a learning center revolves around the student—how can we improve access to services, quality of teaching from tutors, and...
Ben Holmquist
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
3 Underused Features for Zoom Tutoring
These last two weeks, we’ve had the chance to speak with many learning centers about their plans to move tutoring online. For those of...
Ben Holmquist
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Marketing for Campus Learning Centers
If you manage a campus tutoring or learning center, these four tactics can help raise awareness among students.
Ben Holmquist
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
Being Light on Your Feet
A lot of change has come my way these last few weeks, and the importance of understanding, accepting, and responding to change quickly is...
Penji
- Jan 12, 2020
- 5 min
Phasors and the Unit Circle
Pretty much every science teacher/professor I’ve ever had told me the same thing about science education: “Everything I tell my students...
Penji
- Jan 12, 2020
- 1 min
Generate Parentheses Problem
The problem is: Given N pairs of parentheses, write a function to generate all combinations of well-formed parentheses. For example,...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
PHYS 1120 / 2020 Midterm 2 Study Guide
Voltage Voltage from a point particle: Voltage from an electric field: * The only distance Δd that matters is the distance that is...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 5 min
10 Keys to College Success
Penji has students from every major serving as tutors. What follows is a constantly evolving document: the ten most popular tips given by...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
Thevenin and Norton Circuts for Independent Sources
Thevenin and Norton Equivalent circuits are most often used to simplify a circuit. They are useful when you are interested about the...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
Convolution Interval
Calculate the output of this system given that the input signal and the system’s impulse response are: One thing that should be addressed...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
Determining SN1 Versus SN2 Reactions
Substitution reactions may seem like a difficult concept to understand. However, as long as you follow these guidelines, you will be...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 5 min
Gibbs Free Energy and Spontaneous Reactions
It’s Quiz Time! Close your notes, clear your desks, and answer the following question: What does the following graph depict? A friend of...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 3 min
Matrix Multiplication Review
Overview Matrices are a way of grouping numbers, and are organized into rows and columns. Matrices are often used as a way of...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 2 min
Solving RC Circuit with the Heavyside Operator Method
Assume Vs(t) is equal to 3u(t). Find v(t) as a function of time and find the capacitances of the two capacitors. Assume all initial...
Penji
- Jan 11, 2020
- 1 min
PHYS 1110/2010 Midterm 2 Study Guide
Quick recap of Force Problems Write down knowns + unknowns Draw a picture Choose a coordinate system + Usually x is horizontal, y is...