...Its also important for students to see what mathematics does. The most common question I hear is, "Why are we learning this?" or "Why is this useful?". I've found most of my students learn the material better if you give them an application for it. (read more)
...Most people today live in a sort of permanent "excited state", which makes it harder to integrate information of all kinds and find the "signal in the noise". The rest is just technical. I also try to help them, when relevant, to understand the connection between what they are learning and the real worlds of science and so forth. (read more)
If math isn't your superpower, no problem! I can make it less scary for you. I have taught or tutored everything from basic arithmetic to upper-division engineering math, as well as statistics. (read more)