...Students should ultimately be able to amass all the factual and procedural knowledge taught in sessions and readily engage higher-order critical thinking when tackling relevant tasks. The first session will typically focus on evaluating the student's needs, skill set, and goals (including settin... (read more)
...In these schools, I have instructed students in the areas of reading and writing, which included decoding, comprehension, creative writing, grammar, usage, and vocabulary. I have taught elementary math, science, study skills, and history. I have assisted students in learning proper classroom behavior and in coping with difficult situations and emotions. (read more)
...My Master's degree is in International Relations. Our course load included Tocqueville's Democracy in America and Ikle's How Nations Negotiate, among many others. My lower division courses included classics in Psychology (Freud, Jung) and Philosophy (Plato, Spinoza, Voltaire, Spencer, Nietzsche... (read more)
...I am passionate about helping students develop the skills and confidence to figure out how to solve math problems. I believe that math can be an enjoyable subject that every student can understand if it is taught in the right way. With a patient and encouraging approach, I hope to help student learn how to think about math in a way that makes sense to them. (read more)
...I like to guide my students every step of the way, then start having them do more and more each time on their own. You may come in completely confused on a topic, but after doing a couple of exercises you will leave much more confident, and with a much deeper understanding. I have employed this... (read more)