...Educationally I am a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in education. Because I come from an engineering background I always do my best to show my students that what we're learning has real meaning beyond what's on paper. I... (read more)
...I have tutored classmates and younger students from preschool through college as part of my own educational experience in the following subjects: elementary math and language arts, elementary Spanish, geography and social studies, algebra and trigonometry, geometry, chemistry, earth and environme... (read more)
...I realized I loved teaching passionate students and confirmed my conjectures that conceptual and active explanation cause the best understanding. In a direct mathematical way , I became a voluntary SAT math tutor for a well-known academy's free service, Schoolhouse World. There I taught a group... (read more)
...I really like to begin by introducing a new concept with the use of manipulatives. Once you can use manipulatives to represent the math, then we will move to modeling by drawing, and then work towards using equations to solve the problems. I have found that many students are more successful by moving through all 3 stages. (read more)
...I am certified to teach secondary mathematics in the state of Massachusetts, and I have taught secondary math and physics for the last four years in different independent schools. I teach and am specialized in both fundamental courses (Pre-Algebra to Algebra 2, algebra based physics), as well as... (read more)