...I work with teachers and students from grades K to 8. I believe children learn best when they are having fun, so my tutoring style focuses on games and engaging activities. My methods are all research-based and rooted in the science of reading. (read more)
...I also have studied for 11 years at a conservatory prep. Central Music School (classic violin, top 5% graduate, 1970, Tbilisi, Georgia).Among the subjects I taught in my 8+ years of college instruction were:Physics : from Intro up to graduate level courses in General and Theoretical PhysicsMathe... (read more)
...I have tutored privately and at colleges. I was certified by the College Reading and Learning Association and received a 6 week training course in tutoring when I was a tutor while attending college. I have bachelor's and master's in computer science. (read more)
...I have also spent years tutoring my own students of younger or the same age as me, helping them nail down concepts that I had been able to grasp more intuitively. Despite my easier time learning and mastering these concepts, I never wanted students to end up completely lost, especially when they... (read more)
...I believe in learning by doing. In my lessons, I'll explain concepts in context, and then aid the student in applying that knowledge until they can do it all by themselves. I also understand how much kids benefit from gamification, and I actually wrote multiple papers about this in high school. (read more)