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The Tutor and Student identified areas of weakness in physics, including projectile motion and momentum conservation. They discussed the student's recent low grades and planned to focus on conceptual understanding and problem interpretation. The plan is to cover physics concepts in the first session and problem-solving strategies in the next session.

The Student and Tutor reviewed previously completed physics problems, focusing on identifying and correcting errors. They worked through problems related to centripetal force, momentum, and energy conservation. The Tutor assigned a self-study session for the student to prepare for an upcoming exam, and a comprehensive review was scheduled for the following sessions.

The session covered rates of change, tangent lines, derivatives, basic differentiation rules (product and quotient), and differentiability/continuity. The student practiced finding tangent line equations using both the limit definition of the derivative and direct substitution. Homework includes solving problems related to all concepts discussed, with a focus on natural logs and exponential functions.

The Student and Tutor reviewed the Student's physics test results and then proceeded to solve practice problems. Topics covered included kinematics, collisions, and conservation laws. The session ended with a plan to continue solving the remaining problems and reviewing circled questions in the next session.

The Student practiced problems from a fall semester final exam review packet, covering topics like kinematics, forces, and energy. The Tutor identified areas where the Student needed further review, particularly with problems involving friction and spring compression. They scheduled additional review sessions leading up to the exam.

The Tutor and Student covered several key Calculus concepts, including instantaneous rate of change, understanding limits graphically and numerically, properties of limits, finding limits analytically, limits of transcendental functions, and the difference between limits and continuity. The Student received explanations of these concepts and will practice related problems in the next session. The student will also send over notes for the tutor to review and prepare the next lesson.