...My teaching assistant evaluations at UCI stand testament to my dedication and effectiveness as an educator. As an ex-math Olympian with a silver and bronze medal in the International Mathematical Olympiads (IMO) in 2005 and 2006, I have not only competed at the highest levels but also shared thi... (read more)
...For this project, I compared traditional teaching techniques with "building-up" techniques (the official term is "constructivism" where students first build-up ("construct") basic concepts, then later, combine the basics into intermediate and advanced concepts). After observing different techniq... (read more)
...Finally, I have been coding in several languages for 6+ years and have tutored statistics for even longer. I took several graduate level statistics courses and used statistics in my graduate thesis. I have been tutoring biostatistics, and more generally applied statistics at various grade levels for over 5 years. (read more)
...I have taught the unit circle many times, and like to help students see where all the coordinates on the circle come from, so they can figure it out even if they are struggling to memorize each coordinate. Out of my love for reading and writing, I majored in English Creative Writing at Californi... (read more)
I am a middle school math teacher. I definitely struggled with all math throughout high school. I knew after having some amazing teachers in college that I wanted to make it as easy as possible for other students, and that's why I decided to become a teacher. (read more)