...I won a Technical Achievement Award, and published over 2 dozen internal technical reports and four papers in refereed journals. Basic calculus contains three powerful ideas: taking limits, computing slopes of curved lines, and computing areas under curves. My approach to teaching calculus is t... (read more)
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...So what makes it so challenging? Well, many students may have seen the math, but that doesn’t mean they remember it all. Part of my approach is to use practice tests and other tools to identify those weak areas that each student brings to the test. (read more)
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I'm a very experienced and adaptable tutor. I really enjoy helping people in general, and making math and science feel less intimidating, even for grad students and professionals — there really is no subject that can't be made more accessible with clear explanations and different ways of thinking about problem solving. At the same time, I really enjoy off-beat subjects. (read more)