...I enjoy working with student's who struggle with academics and also with those who excel and are looking for new challenges. I tailor my tutoring styles to the particular needs each student and subject area; for example, with mathematics, I often will focus on strengthening foundation skills and... (read more)
...We may also use coins to demonstrate their relationship to fractions... how a quarter is really a quarter of a dollar and four of them equal one dollar. I retired from developmental optometry in 2011 and I started tutoring shortly thereafter. When my student asks, "Why is trigonometry important?" I can answer that trigonometry is used to calculate the path of a light ray as it is refracted. (read more)
...I believe math can be communicated in ways that anyone can understand. I also think that math requires practice. So I like to frame mathematical concepts in terms that the individual can relate to and then work on example problems. (read more)
...Every year I request to teach struggling students in the math field because I believe in the importance of building confidence in students who just might not get the concepts. When we finish a topic I love my students quotes which are "That's it ?" or "That was easy!" which is an indication that... (read more)