...I have been tutoring ever since that realization! My favorite part of teaching is the "ah-ha" moments that I see in students when they finally understand a concept. While in college, for 3 years I was a TA for an Introductory Statistics college class which involved one-on-one tutoring, instructing weekly lab classes, as well as helping answer questions in the open lab. (read more)
...I have found that students that can "see" the mathematics can often understand the mathematics, so I encourage students to use diagrams and graphs to visualize problems. I am a patient teacher, as well, encouraging students to ask questions as we work and providing additional examples to help st... (read more)