...My goal with all of my students is to leave them feeling confident and comfortable with their schoolwork. My process often begins by figuring out the specifics of what a student needs help with, and starting from there. I am happy to provide my own notes to explain concepts, as well as worksheets to work through problems with a student in real time. (read more)
...I lived in Turkey for 22 years, 8 years in the US. I am a professor at DeSales University. I am capable of teaching Turkish to someone who can speak English. (read more)
9 Subjects: includingStatistics,Algebra 1,Elementary (K-6th),Elementary Math
...Then, I met my fifth grade history and writing teacher. He would make games out of lessons, such as letting us crumple up paper and throw it at eachother to show us how fair or unfair some civil war battles were; he'd read our assigned books aloud with us in such a theatrical way that it kept ev... (read more)
...I have raised students to the highest math group when their parents were told that they were not ready. I proved that they were. I took a student getting low Cs and Ds to getting a 97% on their final examThe beauty of Algebra is that everything balances. (read more)
...Effective listening, in my opinion, aids in the detection of cues and a better understanding of their feelings. I am able to significantly improve a student's academic performance using a combination of these techniques. Academic writing requires clarity, beginning with a strong first paragraph that gives the reader a good overview. (read more)