...My research career as a crystallographer at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and my science training (in physics and chemistry) has served me well at other positions in industry (at Grumman, Robotic Vision, American Science, and other companies).
I have been successfully tutoring students in the ... (read more)
...I graduated early from UPenn with degrees in math and economics and a few graduate credits, but departed academia to trade financial derivatives. I've been helping/coaching/tutoring people with math, statistics, economics, option modeling for over 20 years. Recently, in the course of home educating my own children, my love of pure math reignited. (read more)
...My tutoring method is to start at the beginning: where the student is now, what are the weaknesses in the student's preparation for this subject, and then proceed to greater understanding, using the student's actual school textbook. I have successfully helped students with learning disabilities... (read more)
...I know how important time management is; therefore, when students contact me, we have a previous conversation to discuss their needs and expectations. My end goal is that they understand the logic behind the concepts rather than mechanically answering questions: therefore, some topics might need... (read more)
...My student teaching included Geometry and Algebra 2, at the Academic, Accelerated, and Sheltered levels; units I taught included logs and exponents as well as rational functions. I also have 2 school years of experience as a substitute teacher, and many shorter term assignments teaching Algebra ... (read more)