...If students don't understand the underlying mechanics, then how could they ever truly learn mathematics? I'm not a tutor who will just teach a process and call it a day, I want students to feel like they have control over their work. Overall, I want to increase a student's mathematical reasoning, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency to be worked upon in tutoring sessions. (read more)
...I would like to talk to you before our first meeting/session, to get a feel for what the needs of the student are, and where he/she may be currently, strengths and weaknesses, that kind of thing. There are a lot of possible scenarios out there, and I would like to find out what each student is l... (read more)