...D. I am a high school and college math teacher with a strong background in various levels of math and have been teaching and tutoring all levels of math since 2005. I believe in finding where the student is struggling with the material and then using the knowledge they do have to help them solve the problem. (read more)
...At first, I could get away with doing the subjects I liked and ignoring the ones I didn't. Eventually it caught up to me and I had to spend a full quarter on grammar and history. The solution I found was to dig deeper into the subjects I hated. (read more)
I have other thirty-five years of teaching/tutoring experience beginning in 1977 as the manager/tutor of the Stanford Tutoring Service in Palo Alto, California. There are few things more gratifying to me than the look of satisfaction in the eyes of a student for whom the math mystery has been revea... (read more)
...I love coming up with different ways to explain concepts to my students...breaking down difficult topics into bite sized pieces that they can relate to and understand. I will keep trying different approaches until I find the one that works best for you. Many of my students have told me that they didn't realize they could do math until they worked with me. (read more)
...Where applicable for younger students, I often introduce fun math games to strengthen those students’ basic math skills. I think that one of my strengths is my patience. Another strength is that I understand that it is essential to build a student’s confidence as he or she learns. (read more)