...I have had great success helping students understand and learn how to attack word problems and solve equations. Calculus was invented to tackle real problems, but too often it seems like a bunch of abstract stuff and weird procedures to memorize. I first studied Calculus at Columbia Heights High School, with a great teacher, Roger Sadlowsky. (read more)
...Methods are chosen based on student needs. I work now as a consultant and really enjoy tutoring. Weird, maybe, but it's my idea of a fun break in the work week. (read more)
...Business Math, Essay Writing, and a variety of other subjects. I have also prepared students to take the ACT, SAT, and CMA exams. I am a Professor of Business courses and have a B.S. in Engineering, a B.S. in Accounting, and I am a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). I am empathetic towards the needs of a student, and can adjust my teaching style to meet his /her needs. (read more)
...Among topics that I report as "discrete mathematics" when tutoring via Wyzant are first-year abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, homomorphisms) elementary number theory, combinatorics, and the discrete math topics that are conventionally required of computer science majors. About half of a ... (read more)
...I also have a PhD in English, and I have passed Wyzant's SAT Reading proficiency test. I have been an SAT reading and writing tutor or nine years. I have a PhD in English, and I have taught writing and reading at the college level for six years. (read more)