...I was trained in a teaching style that equally emphasizes content knowledge, scientific skills, and overarching concepts across disciplines, aligning with secondary education standards and standardized tests. My top priority is to connect learning goals with students' personal interests and elim... (read more)
...When working with students, I am a firm believer in "meeting someone where they are." That is, I've found it most helpful to try to adapt material presentation to fit a student's particular learning style and pre-existing skill set rather than to force them to adapt to me. As a lifelong learner,... (read more)
...My tutoring approach is inspired greatly by the famed educator and physicist Richard Feynman. To paraphrase, he once said "If you can't explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it well enough". My goal is to take the enormous complexities and abstractions involved in computer science and break them down into their core elements in a way that relates to everyday concepts. (read more)
...I minored in Psychology for my undergraduate. I also took a few Psychology classes while I was pursuing my Masters. I will periodically read research articles about a psychology topic that I am interested in in my spare time. (read more)
...I've helped students to understand programs like MatLab and R. I've taken classes from the beginner CS through the advanced software development stages. I've worked with MATLAB and its libraries in several CS courses and data management positions. (read more)