...This gave me more exposure to providing constructive feedback and seeing exactly where the students were falling short. I was able to hone my approach to tutoring by targeting the challenging problems that facilitate learning the material on a multi-faceted level. Instead of providing one simpl... (read more)
...I earned my undergraduate degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College and my masters degree in education from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). I have taught at private schools, public schools and online for the past 32 years. I also currently adjunct at two colleges teaching a va... (read more)
...I believe that although algorithmic thinking and deductive reasoning is critically important in mathematics, so are conceptual thinking, inductive reasoning, mental mathematics, and making connections. Questions that I often ask are: What do you expect? Does this make sense? (read more)