...The main thing to be gained from test prep tutoring is a plan of attack specific to the test. I present strategies for the SAT to my students and to personalize the methods to their needs. We will address separate strategies for the reading comprehension and sentence completion portions of the critical reading section. (read more)
...Here are some of the benefits you’ll get if you choose to work with me:I’ll bring everything your student needs to learn most effectively. If they want to focus on homework problems, we’ll do that. If they need worksheets to drill certain problems, I’ll bring worksheets. (read more)
...Tutoring a higher level course, with more gifted students, is somewhat different than tutoring lower courses with those not gifted in math. There is a different focus, less on pure rote monotony of drilling, more on the higher level thinking of why one would do X, so that the student then not me... (read more)
...I am a long-time teacher of the proof and logic course at our university. This course focuses on truth tables, logical equivalences, quantifiers, the logical underpinnings of mathematical proof, and numerous proof techniques. In addition, I have taught modern algebra, number theory, and discrete mathematics classes at the university, all of which utilize logic and proof strategies. (read more)