...I hold a BA in Physics and in Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, from Amherst College. I regard precalculus as a beautiful foundation not just for calculus but for physics. It is always part of my work and my joy. (read more)
...I'm also very familiar with day-to-day workhorse tools involved with software development: powerful editors(vi/vim), regular expressions, make-files, unix shells (bash), pattern matching, file manipulations, perl one-liners, awk/sed/vi, and general dev under POSIX .
Although most of my experience... (read more)
...I also have over five years experience working one-on-one with students with executive functioning challenges. I help them improve their executive functioning skills, learn active study techniques, work on time management, and utilize strategies for staying organized. My knowledge of neuroscien... (read more)
...But I also understand that many people don't have the same enthusiasm for math that I do. If math is a struggle for you, I will aim to guide you through multiple ways of thinking about a problem. I believe the best way to understand a problem is to use as many problem-solving strategies as you can, until it finally "clicks."Beyond math, I have several other academic interests. (read more)
23 Subjects: includingPhysics,Prealgebra,Statistics,Discrete Math
...I have worked with students from 7th grade to adult learners on this material, and am quite comfortable helping students build mastery. I have a Bachelor of Science in Math, with hundreds of hours experience working with high school and college students on math problems and concepts, including Algebra 2. I have been tutoring Chemistry in earnest for 4 years and I am loving it! (read more)