...I retired from Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories in 2001. For the past ten years I have spent two afternoons a week tutoring mathematics at the Joliet Job Corps Center. I have worked with students doing GED (high school equivalency exam), ASVAB (military aptitude test), several versions of ... (read more)
...I was homeschooled from 1st grade through high school, so I know that self discipline is important for learning. When I received my Associate's degree from South Suburban College I received an award for Outstanding Mathematics. While at South Suburban College, I tutored Math and Chemistry for 3 years and was hired as a Teacher’s Assistant for a high school class over the Summer. (read more)
...My job is to be a guide, to show the student that it is likely that they can in fact get the right answer for the right reason. I provide assistance, work through examples, fill in the gaps, and rephrase the students own words to deepen their understanding. If I help lay out the first few stepping stones, ideally the student put down the next one. (read more)
...While I was working on my Master degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I worked as a Mathematics tutor over there.I have more than 3 years of experience helping people from different backgrounds. I also worked as a math tutor at the College of Lake County. I can help you with your math problems in English as well as in Spanish. (read more)
...During my working years I enjoyed interacting with students and other groups visiting our laboratory as well as participating in online physics forums with middle-school and high-school students. I've also been a middle-school science fair judge at local and regional levels for more than twenty ... (read more)