I love helping people learn. I have about 10 years of experience with teaching and tutoring, and I still find it a consistently fresh and fulfilling thing to do. Most of my teaching experience comes from my work as a Teaching Fellow whilst I was earning my Mathematics Ph.D. from Boston University, and some more comes from my time as a Math Lecturer at Northeastern University. (read more)
...I was an undergraduate teaching assistant for general chemistry (1 semester), organic chemistry (4 semesters), and psychology (2 semesters). I also was selected by the Chemistry department at my undergrad to tutor Organic chemistry weekly. I tutored college athletes in Chemistry, Psychology, and... (read more)
...I love problem solving which is at the heart of algebra. I enjoy showing students how to break down a complex problem into smaller parts, so as to demystify the subject and to more easily understand and solve the problem. I think many students need help in the area of algebra and but don’t even realize it. (read more)
...I worked with students individually and in groups to help them with their academic studies and had to adapt my teaching style for each student so that the student gained the most out of our sessions. I am very comfortable with K-6 learning material and am confidant I can tutor these lessons to s... (read more)
...For the essay, the key skill has now become the ability to carefully analyze a document and show how different rhetorical elements interact to achieve (or fail to achieve) the author's intent. I've been tutoring student individually to help prepare for the SSAT (and ISEE) for the past 4 years. In addition, I've taught classroom programs in SSAT preparation at various independent schools. (read more)