...Instead of providing one simple example after another, I found it largely beneficial to provide complex examples that exercise many concepts at once to demonstrate the connectivity of the content. When the material is studied at this level, deeper connections can be made and the material can be ... (read more)
...Here I am now, still with that same passion and excitement to help others and make math "click" for them. My goal when tutoring in math is to make it fun and exciting to learn! I first take the time to understand what is troubling each individual student. (read more)
...I have experience in the classroom setting with a full class of students but I have done a significant amount of work with students individually. I am a good listener and I work hard to cater my tutoring to whatever learning style works best. That may be a hands-on approach, an auditory approach, or by talking through concepts. (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)