...I believe any math course can be made interesting, and any complex problem can be broken down into simplified parts. I’ve found that it is important to help visualize abstract math concepts with diagrams and examples, keeping students engaged in their materials, so I am always eager to share whi... (read more)
...I can help any calculus student learn to solve separable ordinary differential equations, non-separable first order linear equations, second-order linear ordinary differential homogeneous equations with constant coefficients. Students often struggle with the methods of underdetermined coefficien... (read more)
...I once had a student at community college who I’ll call Jim. Jim got so frustrated with algebra 1 that he threw his textbook out the window. Yet, I spent hours with Jim week after week in the college tutoring center, and he eventually passed algebra 1 and moved on to a University program. (read more)
...We will do a particular problem several times. This assures that the student understands why we do what we do and not just come to a solution. From there, we will do a more challenging problem which takes elements from the previous one and again, work it out several times. (read more)
...Geometry is the first subject I tutored in professionally, and it's personally my favorite subject to teach because it's very visual and fun. I worked with many students at my college who were basically learning prealgebra in order to pass their exams to start in the education program. I also commonly worked with the entry level students. (read more)