...The first student I worked with in algebra 2 was myself. I took a 3-week, self-paced algebra 2 course over a summer in high school, during which I was essentially handed a textbook and told, "Here, learn this."
Based on my results, I feel perfectly qualified to say I'm a very effective teacher... (read more)
...For more than a year, I’ve spent hundreds of hours helping students just like you with complex engineering and math topics. I’ve helped one student get an A in an extremely difficult Calc BC class (even harder than normal). I’ve helped one student get a 760/800 on the SAT math section (even thou... (read more)
...My strength in teaching linear algebra is that I am good at making it seem fairly concrete and simple, not abstract, so that the theorems aren’t so bad after all, or even common sense. I probably help students in this course more than any other course I tutor, because I can usually take a studen... (read more)
...I have found that students that can "see" the mathematics can often understand the mathematics, so I encourage students to use diagrams and graphs to visualize problems. I am a patient teacher, as well, encouraging students to ask questions as we work and providing additional examples to help st... (read more)