I enjoy working with individual students and helping them with material that can sometimes seem less than exciting. The best reward is seeing the 'aha' moment when they understand the logic behind the material, rather than just memorizing steps. As a graduate student, I was awarded a 'teaching fellowship' for teaching excellence. (read more)
...My style of tutoring relies heavily on asking a lot of questions. I don't do this to make the student feel as if they don't know anything, but because I believe most students know more than they realize, and by answering questions for themselves and seeing how much they do know and can learn, ma... (read more)