...I'm also a musician. I've played piano and trumpet consistently for over 30 years. I play and sing regularly in church, and I'm in an 11-piece Motown-style band that plays in the Fredericksburg area. (read more)
...I have been teaching General Physics Lab at East Carolina University since 2010 and love interacting and making physics make sense to students. I have been a tutor for numerous years and I really enjoy helping students understand concepts that at first might seem abstract but when broken down th... (read more)
...I have multiple ways of explaining things that help students to grasp the skills and knowledge that they need to be more successful in their subjects. I am a Maryland certified teacher who has been teaching for many years. I also have a lot of experience teaching phonics and beginning reading skills to students. (read more)
Through years of studying myself and helping others to learn, I have found that the ultimate test of understanding a subject is teaching it. The best way to teach a concept is to know it so thoroughly in and out that any of the myriad misunderstandings a student might have can be thwarted with a ch... (read more)
...I keep my students' brains engaged by prompting them through the material in such a way as to make them feel that they are discovering the techniques themselves (this is known as the Socratic teaching method, named after the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates). I encourage each of my students to ... (read more)