...I completed my undergraduate work in physics (B.Sc) and went on to complete my Ph.D. in theoretical physics. During both my undergraduate and graduate work i worked as a teaching assistant and a tutor. I was awarded best teaching assistant in the physics department and also in the faculty of science. (read more)
...Over the past eight years, through working for Sylvan Learning Center, and free lance tutoring, I have had numerous experience with tutoring elementary aged students in Math. Because of my experience teaching at the middle school level, I have a clear understanding of the content area. I also p... (read more)
...My teaching strategy is to start from material the student already grasps or from general knowledge and experiences they already have. This way, it is very easy to comprehend difficult topics when you can base it off something you already understand. I'm also very flexible with lesson plans for what students need. (read more)
...That was the turning point in my understanding of what makes me happy: seeing the "aha" moment in my students' faces. For the next several years, I used every method from hands-on explanations of quadratic equations to drawing 3-D graph on my basement floor in order to help my students grasp and... (read more)
...I find that this area is the second-easiest area in which students can show growth. I was a tutor for the Princeton Review, and use a variety of techniques to help students improve their scores. Current ACT statistics show a score of 34 in the 99th percentile. (read more)