...During my undergraduate junior and senior years, I was a designated tutor for my chemistry department in organic chemistry. The students who came in regularly and from the beginning saw the greatest gain. Learning organic chemistry, at large, requires a build up from the physicochemical properties of molecules and functional groups, to reactions and mechanisms, to synthesis. (read more)
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My name is Scott. I graduated in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science. Although I haven't worked in my field, I taught English in South Korea from 2005 to 2008 and have tutored students in ESL and math after I returned. Right now, I'm living in Wisconsin. (read more)
...I also like to build students’ confidence in their ability to take control of their own learning. I do this by having them do all the actual problem-solving, and I simply push them to think critically/clear up any confusion that arises. That being said, I’m most comfortable/experienced working with high school students, but I’m open to working with middle school students or adults as well. (read more)