...When teaching, I feel that my style was a lot more hands-on involvement from my students along with individual work. I liked having the students help me complete problems and then once I felt that they would succeed on their own I allowed for them to work individually. This way they could test their knowledge, skills, and understanding of the material. (read more)
James is a professional mathematician and scientist. During his time as a graduate student and post-doctoral researcher, he wrote supercomputer programs to solve real-world scientific problems. James authored and co-authored several scientific papers about this work, which are now published in top academic journals. (read more)
...After that I spent almost a decade doing corporate training and writing, where I got really good at writing clear, interesting explanations of difficult topics, and picked up a little bit of programming knowledge too. And now I'm working on civics and social studies, geared mostly at special ed ... (read more)
...I enjoy the subject because it draws many mathematical concepts together. I also recognize that the subject challenges students as it transitions them to a new tier of mathematical thinking. My tutoring style helps students recognize the connections between what they know and what they're learning, which in turn builds self-confidence so that they can learn more. (read more)