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12 Subjects: includingAlgebra 2,Statistics,Geometry,Finite Math
Hello! My name is Sandy and I've been teaching high school math since 1990. 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. (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)