...Since the skills necessary to do well on the PSAT, SAT, and ACT correlate directly with performance in college courses, I have always believed that teaching students how to do well on college entrance examinations improves their critical reading, thinking, grammar, and writing skills and gives th... (read more)
...I am a high school Valedictorian who graduated with a perfect GPA as a Systems Engineer at the University of Virginia, and am now pursuing my Ph.D. at Harvard University. I work with students on a one-on-one basis to explain math problem sets, debug coding projects, and teach key programming con... (read more)
...My experience as a teacher has been a real asset to me in my tutoring work. It has allowed me to hone in on the various factors that may be affecting a students performance in their classes. My main priority while working with a student is to learn the subject matter by building a fundamental understanding of the concepts, organize the main ideas, and applying them to various problems. (read more)
...As noted above, trigonometry is usually encountered as a part of a pre-calculus course. In my view, much of the traditional material associated with trigonometry should be replaced by an introduction to the linear algebra of vectors, which provides alternative methods of solving many of the prob... (read more)
...In addition, I created an online calculus course for a community college. I have been tutoring college Chemistry for the past two years, focused on helping students understand the meaning of formulas and equations -- and the connections among them. I have taught and tutored Geometry for high school. (read more)