...I generally use the students' current knowledge and ask probing questions to get them to teach themselves the material and bring in experiences to facilitate learning (I find this Socratic method works best for retention), but, when needed, will lecture. I have been tutoring all high school and ... (read more)
...For instance, a sports fan may understand the concepts of percentages better if it's explained in terms of number of free throws in comparison to total points scored. Or maybe the method is converting the ingredients from a recipe made for four people to a recipe for six. It is my job to help each student find what works best for them. (read more)
...I have since taken multiple courses in SAS programming, written an undergraduate (Mathematics) and a graduate (Biostatistics) level thesis primarily using SAS to clean and analyze data, and have tutored other students in SAS. My final year of graduate school, I was a lab instructor for the intro... (read more)
...Since entering New York University in the fall of 2015, I have continued to volunteer my time to tutor by staying late on week nights and going over numerous practice problems with many struggling students. My passion for teaching stems from my love of learning and exploring new ideas. One of m... (read more)
...Calculus might be the subject I have tutored the most in the last few years. I used to play poker professionally, concentrating on Hold'em variants. I preferred to coach and coached many of the Sit-N-Go (SNG) players at the top of the Sharkscope leaderboards, including one player who went from ... (read more)