...As such, I always try to include real-world examples of difficult concepts, so that the student can see this difficult idea in action, and begin to form an idea of how it works. Whenever time allows, I try to set aside the end of lessons to have my students flip the script and teach me what we w... (read more)
Hello everyone! My name is Puru and I I love to teach and it really motivates me when a student is able to understand concepts better and learn to apply them in different ways. I have an educational background in Astrophysics (with Honors), Mathematics and Cognitive Sciences. (read more)
...I have 1 year of tutoring experience I did while in College, tutoring Calculus, Algebra 1 and 2, Differential Equations, Statistics, and a few other subjects as well. I worked directly with students 2-3 times per week outside of the classroom to tailor to individual needs and explore and solidif... (read more)
...I generally like to take a methodological ("engineering") approach to teaching. In other words, I focus more on students' ability to understand the explicit strategy behind how to tackle a problem or concept, as opposed to a more "bottom up" approach: beginning with formalism and theory before a... (read more)
...I can tutor a wide variety of standardized tests (SAT (scored 1580), ACT (never taken, but skills transfer well from the SAT), almost all STEM APs (got 5s in Calc, Statistics, Physics C, Chemistry, Biology, etc.)) and can teach computer science up to the graduate level, mathematics up to the high... (read more)