...My teaching focuses on creating a comprehensive learning strategy built around the student before engaging with the material: How are we going to plan to study? Once we dive in, I like to get a holistic overview of a topic before introducing a lot of jargon – and making intimidating terms more r... (read more)
...Most importantly, how to build on you previous knowledge, learn new concepts, and combine everything to solve a problem. And that's what coding is about, solving problems. Solving problems takes lots of practice, making lots of mistakes, and building on what you've learn to move forward to solving the next problem and increasing your skill level. (read more)
...I have been tutoring in math and science since 9th grade, beginning at Carson Middle School. I continued tutoring throughout high school and into my first two years at college as a tutor for the UNR Math Center. This has allowed me ample time to field many different types of questions and adapt to different learning styles. (read more)
...Currently, I'm studying Linear Algebra at the University of Nevada, Reno, and as a high school senior, I have a weighted GPA of 5.3 (unweighted GPA of 4.0). I've also qualified for the prestigious AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination), a distinction earned by only about 5,000 stude... (read more)
...However, I have retained my interests in teaching and programming, as a tutor and sometimes a contract programmer.I have always been good at taking standardized tests, scoring 1500 on the SAT and 34 on the ACT, as well as the 90th+ percentile on the GREs. My undergraduate programming courses wer... (read more)