...I have taught both accelerated students and students that struggle (and students in between). Additionally, I have worked with aspiring teachers preparing to take the PRAXIS. I know many ways to approach math concepts so that if my first approach does not work, I can find a different way to explain mathematical concepts. Then I will help make connections to what the teacher is saying. (read more)
...When I'm tutoring, I prefer to treat it as a conversation. The most important step of learning is to be comfortable. From there, my focus is asking many questions that lead a student to making decisions and discovering the answers on their own, rather than it being directly given. (read more)
...Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have. I am always looking for more students to tutor and families to work with. As I mentioned previously, I concentrated in math in college. (read more)
...I'm Lisa. I have a Bachelor's in Biology from Cornell University and recently graduated with a PhD in ecology from Colorado State. Math and science have always been a talent of mine; in high school, I scored 5s on the AP Calculus and AP Statistics exams and went on to get As in Multivariable Calculus at Cornell. (read more)
...I began tutoring more officially while earning my bachelor's degree (in Classics, with significant additional coursework in music theory and history), when I helped fellow undergraduates through the university's bureau of study counsel as a paid peer tutor in Latin and calculus. Since graduating... (read more)