...I taught math at an elite private school in St Louis, Mo for four years, including the entire Algebra sequence. I teach Algebra I and II nearly constantly and have had excellent results from students who thought they were bad at math who ended up getting A's, much to their parents' amazement. I... (read more)
...Additionally, my students had vastly different background, ranging from adult learners returning to school after years in the workforce, to high school students taking additional classes in community college. I graduated from MIT in 2019 with a Bachelor's in physics and minor in math, and TA'd 8... (read more)
...Matrix transformations are used extensively by computer graphics systems. For example OpenGL makes extensive use of vectors and matrices to render objects in 2D/3D.
3. In classical Mechanics the principal rotation axes of a body are parallel to the eigenvectors of the moment of inertia tensor ... (read more)
...My tutoring approach involves involves being quite interactive with helpful tips and tricks for problems given that I’ve worked with students from a variety of backgrounds. Typically, sessions begin with asking students what problems they are struggling with. I then demonstrate the concept usin... (read more)
...Through my classroom teaching, I have seen that tutoring can be an aide for students but also a crutch. I work to make sure the students I tutor do not become overly reliant on me by working with them to develop their mathematical habits of mind, as well as effective study skills. When presente... (read more)