...Maths with my students, running Math Counts contests at the state level, helping to create the end-of-year high school math contest for my state, and many others. I believe that although algorithmic thinking and deductive reasoning is critically important in mathematics, so are conceptual thinki... (read more)
...I first take the time to understand what is troubling each individual student. Then, I provide step by step examples that students can use to try other problems. Along the way, I ask students questions to see how much of the information they are absorbing. (read more)
12 Subjects: includingACT Math,Statistics,Geometry,Finite Math
...For the last four years I have privately tutored dozens of students for a total of over four hundred hours, including over a hundred on this site alone. In addition I also worked at a after-school tutoring company during a school year and then taught a summer course in geometry to the students t... (read more)
...With a bachelors in mathematics, a robust background as a high school math teacher specializing in algebra and geometry, and a successful five-year career as an actuary, I blend real-world experience with educational expertise to make learning math not just effective, but exciting! My approach i... (read more)
...I have a Bachelor's Degree in Literature & Creative Writing, as well a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry, and I am also a published poet and professional writer. Since 2005 I have taught Literature, English, and Writing at 4 colleges and at the high school level. As a specialist test-prep tutor, I have helped upwards of 100 students understand and master the SAT Reading section. (read more)