...I also hold an engineering degree from Trinity University. I work especially well with students who are struggling with difficult material, falling behind, or feeling overwhelmed by their coursework. My approach is focused on identifying where a student is having difficulty, explaining concepts clearly, and building the skills and confidence needed to work independently. (read more)
...Throughout my many years of school I always helped and tutored other students as I went along - my little brother, my friends, classmates, etc. - and I really enjoyed it. Now that I'm doing it officially I find it comes very naturally to me - probably because of all that experience I gained ove... (read more)
...I'm Alexia Sullivan, a mathematics connoisseur, an avid essay writer, and a teacher by day. I went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Boston, MA. In my free time I enjoy writing and publishing personal essays, helping up-and-coming college students with admissions, and creating mathematics and ELA lesson plans for the elementary through college level. (read more)
...Whole numbers, fractions, and decimals are easy to represent with objects, along number lines, or in the real world. Negative numbers, roots, and radicals are slightly more difficult, but they can be represented visually or with metaphors. My approach includes these representations as students begin to make the transition into the abstract. (read more)