...I stress that students should keep a notebook, and this notebook should include homework assignments with dates due and exam schedules for all classes. Students should take the notebook home each night and refer to it at a set time in order to keep up with assigned work. This set time should be... (read more)
...I also prepare students for the ACT, SAT, SSAT, HSPT, ISEE, PSAT, and NMSQT, helping them with the math, grammar, and writing sections. My students include middle school, high school, college, and adults. I speak English, French, German, Hungarian, and Spanish and have had to learn advanced grammar in college in all of these languages as compared to the minimal high school levels. (read more)
...If you can do these, you're well on your way to mastering the subject.
1) Learn the triangle inequality inside and out.
2) Memorize the Pythagorean theorem and SOH-CAH-TOA.
3) Draw from scratch a 45-45-90 triangle (an isosceles right triangle) by cutting a square in half diagonally. Label the le... (read more)
...I can dramatically improve not only a student’s algebra grade but also their confidence in math. B.S./M.S. Chemical Engineering, MIT
Writer/designer of more than 40 interactive math modules as supplements to textbooks from Pearson Education/Addison Wesley I've helped many students succeed in t... (read more)