...I've been tutoring for over 30 years, have trained teachers in the teaching of English, and have ten years of advanced graduate study
In my work at Brandeis, I reviewed hundreds of college essays from applicants and saw what mattered. For ten years, I've been helping students create winning app... (read more)
...Most of my students have been at the high school and undergraduate level, though I have experience tutoring grad students as well. I spent nearly three years working with science and engineering departments at MIT as a department liaison for MIT OpenCourseWare. I try to make my sessions interesting and fun, while focusing on the concepts instead of specific questions. (read more)
33 Subjects: includingACT Reading,ACT Math,Geometry,ACT English
...I know that Algebra 1 can be difficult for students who have never had to think about numbers in abstract ways. I have a patient approach that leads students through specific class work and homework and test preparation, while also showing them the ideas behind the formulas, so that they develop... (read more)
...After my PhD I was first a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech and then Cornell University. I recently moved to Boston to start a job as a senior scientist with the US Army Corps of Engineers where I am using AI for environmental applications. In high school and college, I tutored middle and high-school aged students one-on-one in mathematics and physics. (read more)
...In college, I taught math and computer science as a teaching assistant. In addition, over the years I have done one-on-one math tutoring to middle-school and high-school students. My teaching approach relies on a combination of concept discovery/derivation and a lot of practice -- teaching some... (read more)