I have been a teacher/tutor for over twenty years, primarily as a math teacher to middle and high school students, but I have also taught English, Drama, Physical Education, and Bible! My varied experience and my previous life as an English Major and Theatre Minor as an undergrad has given me the a... (read more)
My name is Sam. I recently completed my PhD in Math at UMass Amherst. I have experience as an instructor and as a teaching assistant in calculus, as well as one-on-one tutoring at the Calculus Help Center. (read more)
...I believe that doing well on the PSAT/SAT has a lot to do with the outside work that a student puts into preparing. Having a tutor will help this process of preparation, and I believe any student is perfectly capable of a near perfect score on the SAT. Lesson plans based on student evaluation at the beginning, with weekly/montly improvement lesson plans. (read more)
...In addition, I have published 20+ papers/patents applying mathematics knowledge to fix the real issues in the top 1 publications in my field in the world and a reviewer for the top tech. journals in the world. I have completed Calculus I/II/III and applied the math concepts to solve real-world e... (read more)
...I start by asking them if they find trouble with any subject or concentration in particular, moving forward with appropriate material from there. I also lace together strategies and thought processes that I feel a student could utilize to, first, have a principal rather than a mechanistic unders... (read more)