...If they are really stuck I will prompt them with a suggestion of what to do. Often students have an idea of what to do, but don't know how to express that in writing. In this situation I will provide a model of how to write a reasoned argument which they can adapt for similar problems. (read more)
...My student teaching experience included two semesters of teaching mathematics at Science Park High School in Newark. During this experience, I have instructed eleventh and twelfth graders. These instructions included: pre-calculus, probability statistics, integrated geometry, and discrete mathematics. (read more)
I attended Boston University and graduated with a B.S. in Economics, eventually going on to earn my MBA from Indiana University, majoring in Business Analytics and Supply Chain/Operations. While in college and as a working professional, I have, cumulatively, tutored hundreds of students in various ... (read more)
I'm a junior at Macaulay Honors Hunter College, and I graduated from Stuyvesant High School. I've been tutoring since kids since the 8th grade. With math as my favorite subject, I've always found different ways to solve a problem as fast as possible. (read more)
...I don't think that schools have started using these much yet, but they have great potential for helping a tutor to make math more tangible, interactive and engaging. I use statistics every day as part of my cognitive neuroscience research, including basic statistics (correlation, regression, t-... (read more)