...I am honored to have received both the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship and the Freya Moskowitz Stern Scholarship. My experience as an Eli Whitney peer mentor at Yale has equipped me with the skills to facilitate student recruitment and provide essential support for ... (read more)
I'm working on my Master's of Arts in Teaching Physics at Stony Brook University. I have experience as a teacher's assistant for college-level physics and have spent the last year designing curricula to match the new science standards (NGSS/NYSSLS). I got my B.A. in Physics from Kenyon College, inc... (read more)
...I have helped students of many ages and stages succeed in Calculus, and I believe that you can too. To give just one example, I had a Calculus student who entered my studio after previously failing the subject. Upon her second enrollment in the course, we targeted confusing concepts until she was scoring "A"s on many tests, including on tricky derivatives and integrals! (read more)
...Study skills include classroom and at-home studying. Tasks include organizing assignments, setting priorities, time management, strategies for problem-solving and seeking help, keeping track of work, computer management of assignments (using on-line assignment planners). Heavy use of reminder te... (read more)
...I've had D students begin to get A's on their tests. How is this possible? Math is not really as imperturbable or difficult as people generally make it out to be. (read more)