...As a tutor, I make a personal effort to become familiar with a student's 'learning personality' so that I may steer clear of lecturing -- something already available in a conventional classroom. A lecture can be recorded and replayed perpetually; however, if your instructor is not speaking your ... (read more)
...I prefer to tutor students from the second half of high school to college. My general approach is to teach concepts and problem solving skills. I do NOT ask students to memorize equations EVER! (read more)
...I'm very patient. I tutor all ages and levels -- from elementary math to graduate level probability and stochastic calculus. I got my B.A. in math at UC Berkeley and completed my PhD. at the University of Chicago. (read more)
...My tutoring experience comes from being a Mathematics and Physics Tutor in college. In this role, I would assist students in problem setup and problem solving techniques and encourage students to use different tools to gain new perspectives on problems. In my most recent tutoring role at Mathna... (read more)
...Also, I have written a Matlab interface to a software package used to solve polynomial systems. Matlab is very convenient for working with large data sets. Since the basic data structure in Matlab is matrix, one needs to understand that matrix is basically array of numbers, symbols, or expressions represented in rows and columns. (read more)