...Working as an engineer has continued to expand my own critical thinking and enforce the material learned in school. With every student, we work through new material and improve study skills and critical thinking. Rather than giving students the answer, I guide them through problems step by step so they grasp the process and material. (read more)
...I come from a family of teachers, who instilled in me the value of fitting my lessons to the student, not to a pre-determined plan. I know that the teachers that I thrived under were thoughtful, patient, creative, and hardworking, and those are the values that I try to bring to my sessions. I w... (read more)
...Because 'showing your work' prevents you from short-circuiting the steps that at some point in the past should have become trivial. For example, years ago, when you were learning how to read, you had to first learn how to recognize the shapes of individual letters, and the sounds that each of them made. But since then, these---formally formidable---tasks have long become superfluous. (read more)
...I am able to help students both master the content and understand how to apply what they know to answer certain types of problems. I received straight A's in the entire Calculus sequence in college, and I have over 85 hours of experience tutoring both AP Calculus and College Calculus over the pa... (read more)
...I tutor one-on-one with students to help them learn to solve problems in math and physics. Our sessions start with an example homework exercise, and I will ask questions to reveal the student’s thought process and see where they are stuck. We discuss what concept is being illustrated in the problem and what strategies and tools can be used. (read more)