...If I encounter that tell-tale awkward silence when there's a clear gap in knowledge, I love taking the time to drill down with a student to find the disconnect. My favorite question is "what is your first thought process?" to get the ball rolling and meet students where they're at, whether the q... (read more)
...I believe that consistency and discipline are what makes a student successful and as such, a lot of my lessons are oriented around practice. In high school, I participated in both MIT’s Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science Summer program (formerly known as MOSTEC) and Carnegie Me... (read more)
...This credential recognizes individuals as prepared to diagnostically teach students identified with a language‐based learning disability, such as dyslexia, at the beginning levels of encoding and reading. In addition, I completed a practicum with a reading specialist program at the MGH Institute... (read more)
...Differential/Integral calculus was co-invented by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 17th century, but the ideas leading up to it trace back to the ancients who invented the "Method of Exhaustion". Either way, the goal was always to solve practical problems, especially in physics ... (read more)
...My articles appeared frequently in print and now online. I have studied the English portion of the ACT during my 15 years of tutoring and know all the tricks to getting the correct answers. I was a math major at Cornell, and my experience as a consultant to a game company added to my expertise in taking tests like ACT, which is essentially a game. (read more)