...I especially like tutoring students that really want to learn and have found that those taking Calculus are usually very serious about understanding it. The first time I took a college accounting course, my instructor told me I had done better than any of his previous students...and he had been ... (read more)
500+ hours of tutoring experience | 1000+ hours teaching, tutoring, and volunteering in the classroom. I earned a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Caltech and a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. For 10 years I've been a volunteer tutor and math coach, working with elementary, middle, and high school students. (read more)
...I worked as a class tutor for a calculus 2 section at Whitman College in which I held drop-in tutoring sessions for 6 hours per week for a semester. I have experience working with students trying to catch up after falling behind in a class, students retaking classes that they have previously fai... (read more)
...Additionally, I strongly recommend that each student start Geometry courses as soon as possible, as the practical skill of writing proofs fosters a mental approach that is invaluable in mastering math. My teaching career began in my second year of college, where I tutored students from 5th to 11... (read more)
...I graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics with a minor focus on Computer Science. In university, my major taught me an important lesson with implications beyond the classroom which was, "learning how to learn". I believe a constant learning mind... (read more)