...I remove all the meaningless memorization, & don't just focus on getting the right answers, but on understanding WHY we're even doing what we're doing! I believe that math is something that should make sense, not a bunch of steps to be blindly followed, & that students are right when they say th... (read more)
...It is always a joy to see the reactions I get from my students when they, after having struggled with difficult concepts for a long time, finally get it. I have been successfully tutoring elementary school through high school reading for more than 15 years. Throughout my college and graduate co... (read more)
...Afterward, I attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I earned my M.S. in Physics, as well as another M.S. in Agronomy (studying the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds). I then attended Penn State University, where I earned my Ph.D. in Physics. After my Ph.D., I tau... (read more)