...I am also familiar with the floating point arithmetic and its impact on languages like MATLAB. The majority of my PhD thesis was carried out in Mathematica. I can simplify lengthy algebraic expressions, plot graphs in 2D and 3D, solve differential equations, manipulate series expansions, and implement various numerical and perturbative methods directly in Mathematica. (read more)
...I want to cultivate a stronger understanding of a subject area, not only as a body of knowledge but as a way of thinking. 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 releva... (read more)
...I received a perfect score on the GRE and ACT math sections of the tests, but what makes me a great teacher is my ability to break down complex ideas into simpler, memorable pieces. I have always thought that if a student doesn’t understand my explanation, then it is the explanation that must ge... (read more)
...I have over 10 years of experience teaching math, including PreCalculus, physics and engineering. I have a PhD from Michigan State University. Currently employed full time at a college in Seattle area. (read more)
My name is Andrea, and I'm a PhD student in statistics at UW. Before coming to UW, I studied mathematics and statistics at Amherst College with extensive coursework in computer science. My first teaching role was TAing the introductory and intermediate statistics courses at Amherst during my sophomore year. (read more)