...Tutoring is a unique opportunity to get focused teaching that deals with the areas in which you want to improve, and I have found that this one-on-one setting is much more useful than many hours in a large classroom. The moments I found most profound and life-changing in my education were those ... (read more)
...One is to make the idea more concrete and less abstract. A student may not understand why 0.3 is greater than 0.25, but they know why three dimes are worth more than two dimes and a nickel. Another is to present a simpler problem with the same concept, such as posing 1/3 + 1/4 to a student who answers 7/12 + 4/5 = 11/17. (read more)
...Learn English composition from someone who has taught it on the college level! During my time at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, I obtained a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies. I learned the language through immersion through my travels and university studies in South America. (read more)
...I have a Master's degree in chemistry from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Lawrence University, WI. I have spent some time in industry working as a chemist at Chattem Chemical, Chattanooga and at the DuPont Experimental Station in Delaware as an Associate Inve... (read more)
...I also serve as an essay rater for the California High School Exams. I am considered an expert for government in program development and analysis and just finished a special assignment with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal). My passion to help students learn and understand ho... (read more)