...I love seeing that look of understanding when something 'clicks' and a student finally gets what they have struggled to learn. Math, with its abstract concepts, is a difficult subject to learn, and can be difficult to teach. Every student has a different learning style that works for them. (read more)
...I majored in finance in college, and minored in math. I have worked in the finance and accounting and insurance fields for twenty years. I have also taught, including business math, for many years. (read more)
...I have extensive experience using Stata, SAS, and Excel, and am comfortable with R, SPSS, and jamovi for statistics and econometrics. Finally, I am familiar with both the AP economics and IB economics curricula and am confident tutoring students in high school as well as college and graduate sch... (read more)
...I generally use the Socratic method for teaching, asking leading questions and building upon the students' base knowledge to have them teach themselves and discover the minute facets of concepts, but I will lecture and talk through examples if the student's learning style requires it. My SAT, AC... (read more)
...I am patient, approachable, understanding, and flexible. I favor a paced-style teaching technique that minimizes stress and encourages a strong interpersonal relationship between the student and myself. I believe mathematical information is poorly received under stress, and I have devoted much of my career to assuaging these math-related anxieties. (read more)