...I have been teaching high school math in Connecticut for 4 years. Before being a certified teacher I went to school at the University of Connecticut. While I was going to school I would tutor local high schools students. (read more)
7 Subjects: includingCalculus,Geometry,Algebra 1,SAT Math
...I also equip students with strategies and ideas that help them master the material better and recall it more effortlessly in hopes of being more successful on assessments. In my very first year of teaching, I taught AP Chem at a public school in Houston, TX, where I was awarded the Science Teach... (read more)
...I share with students visual aids and technologies that make the math make more sense. I have found that often the instruction given in the classroom is simply the mechanics of how to do it since the bigger picture is obvious to the instructor. In calculus especially, the students whom I tutor have a greater understanding when I explain how calculus works in a broad sense. (read more)
13 Subjects: includingCalculus,Geometry,Trigonometry,SAT Math
...My students see a substantial improvement in their grades and usually end up with an A or A+!!
My qualifications are: (BS Honors, MS, PhD (in progress)) : University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Purdue University, Purdue University
Being in someone else's shoes who's learning for the first t... (read more)
...Having a tutor not only helped me learn the material for the SAT and for each of my classes, but it also gave me that confidence to ask more in-depth questions during class, as well as to attack the toughest questions first rather than save them for the end. Also, what I probably found most usef... (read more)