...These lessons were often focused on preparing for an exam, assistance with homework questions, or diving deeper into a more complex topic discussed in class and walking through examples. Most of these were one-on-one lessons, but occasionally I would host group exam prep sessions with around 4-5... (read more)
...I scored 5/5 on the AP Chemistry, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Calculus AB/BC, AP Statistics, AP United States Government and Politics, and AP Comparative Government and Politics exams, 35/36 on the ACT (99th percentile), and 519/528 on the MCAT (96th percentile).Please contact me to schedule a fre... (read more)
...It is how we teach (or cant teach Math) For me, it is always hard when I hear that “mathematics is too hard” Some students don’t see the value in it. They don’t see any practical purpose in what they are learning. Part of it is how the curriculum is taught; some of it has do with understanding this generation’s student culture. (read more)
...I am proficient with both Windows (principally XP) and Linux (principally Ubuntu) but I can easily explain the mechanisms behind any operating system. I have taken two courses in discrete mathematics. The first, at Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences, was problem solving-based, covering a variety of topics in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory. (read more)
...I believe in tutoring where 30% of the time I am talking and 70% of the time students is talking. I encourage my students to explain their thinking, summarize the steps in their work, and extend their learning creatively to new situations. I believe that it's important as a tutor to visualize student thinking. (read more)