...As a specialist in English composition and developmental English, I favor a linear approach to teaching writing. Students must have a strong grasp of the basic concepts of paragraph structure before they can begin to understand the more complex aspects of academic writing. Students learn writing skills best when they are taught in a progressive format. (read more)
...The questions test comprehension of the passages, but they also focus on problems in expression that are related to poor sentence structure, weak word choice, wrong punctuation. The reading section also requires students to develop a technique for moving back and forth between the passage and the questions. Many students lose their place then don't have enough time to complete the test. (read more)
I'm a Princeton (BA) and Harvard (PhD) educated tutor and published author with 15 years of teaching experience--including at Harvard, Boston College, and Brandeis--and 5 years experience tutoring test prep (SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, GRE), writing (including college application essays), and music theory... (read more)
...I think it’s important to capture the excitement that children naturally have to learn. So often that gets overshadowed by a child’s inability to grasp a concept which then turns their scholastic career into not one of growth but something that’s more of a chore for the child and parent. Giving... (read more)