...Coupling this with my command of the material in all subjects makes me a strong testing coach. I scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT back when my testing strategies were less well-defined than they are now. These days, I can offer students highly specific tips on time management, educated guessing, drawing inferences from questions and framing, and more. (read more)
...I incorporate playfulness and creative strategies into my tutoring sessions. I understand students' challenges when learning difficult subjects and draw from my experiences to provide grounded support and make learning a fun and stress-free journey toward success. In high school and college, I actively participated in extracurricular activities. (read more)
...I have been working with elementary kids on their math skills for the past 20 years. I have been helping elementary students with science for the past 20 years. I have been tutoring elementary-aged children for the past 20 years. (read more)
...As a graduate student, I taught several introductory level courses including College Algebra. I also did part-time tutoring helping with trigonometry, geometry, calculus and Algebra 1 and 2 at the high school/middle school level. I enjoy teaching because I am naturally good at it. (read more)
...I took Chinese (simplified) classes and obtained fairly good grades throughout elementary school and high school. For example, in the National College Entrance Exam, I obtained a score in Chinese above 98% of all students in the Guangdong province. MATLAB is the main computer language used in my PhD projects in Biomedical Engineering. (read more)