Hi I’m Dan and I have been a professional chemist for over 15 years. I hold both a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with a minor Mathematics from Cal State University San Bernardino and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M where I specialized in organic chemistry. In addition to being a practicing cosmetic chemist I have taught organic chemistry lab at a local university for the last 10 years. (read more)
...I also taught Math to middle schoolers for a while. I majored in English Literature and Grammar in college for a while. I ended up teaching English Language Arts to students in middle and high school for four years. (read more)
...As a college faculty in chemistry, we often examine problems that require some level of algebra and manipulation to solve them. I frequently work with students that struggle to tackle the algebraic pieces of those questions and the various topics relating to it. As a tutor, I'm very comfortable working with all age ranges on various algebra questions. (read more)
...For students, most issues arise because professors assume students have already mastered material they may have never even encountered before. This missing material is then built on repeatedly until students are completely lost. Whether you are going from high school to college classes, or from... (read more)
...I love to help students find methods that suit their natural mathematical tendencies. Prealgebra courses are very important for the development of math skills. Prealgebra helps students develop a sense of "algebraic reasoning" before facing abstract algebraic variables. (read more)