...I tutored my older son to get accepted to Bergen County Academies, which he graduated from. I was also my younger son's math teacher since he was 4 years oid. He placed nationally on math contests and now takes AP Calculus as a high school freshman. (read more)
...In teaching, our goal is to make thinking visible; I make difficult material understandable. I work with both children and adults; there are often several methods to learn the same task. I find that we can learn by asking questions and looking at practical examples. (read more)
...My philosophy with my students is baby steps. Essentially, break a problem into its parts as far as needed until it begins to click for the student. Alternatively, I've used "metaphors" to group a problem into its particular family. (read more)
...I have a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from NYU and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Cornell. I received a 170 on the Quantitative Reasoning portion of the GRE. I have a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from NYU and a Master's degree in Computer Science from Cornell. (read more)
...My technique:
In a sentence: cross-domain, results-driven creative innovation. Problem-solvers are most powerful when they can draw on expertise from a broad array of fields, so I make sure to orient my work with clients towards innovative problem-solving methods that incorporate all of their st... (read more)