...Students should ultimately be able to amass all the factual and procedural knowledge taught in sessions and readily engage higher-order critical thinking when tackling relevant tasks. The first session will typically focus on evaluating the student's needs, skill set, and goals (including settin... (read more)
...I am familiar with a variety of operating systems (Windows, OS X, Linux), languages (C, Java, JavaScript), and computer software (Eclipse, IntelliJ, BlueJ, jGrasp, Git, Virtual Machines). I recently completed a B.S. degree in computer science from Cal Poly. In addition to that, I have used Windo... (read more)
...Since then, the SAT Math has not gotten any harder but the emphasis on math required for SAT has changed. I believe that teaching the basic foundations beforehand will help students master the SAT Math as those before them have. I've been helping people with the GRE since I took it as a soon to be grad student in college. (read more)
...The courses I've taught include precalculus. My PhD is in applied mathematics. The basic concepts of trigonometry are constructed and derived from geometric principles, but once the student has gone through the formal definitions and constructs, trigonometry is then seen to fit into an enormous class of problems of both statics and dynamics. (read more)
...Later, I used those same skills in a math tutoring program I helped set up at my high school through our school's chapter of the National Honor Society. I eventually majored in mathematics at Rice University, where I was an academic fellow, tutoring students in college-level mathematics, among o... (read more)