Award-Winning ACT Science Tutors serving Burnsville, MN

...Biology (molecular and cellular) at various stages: from middle school to upper-level college courses. I love tutoring because it allows me to stay current on concepts and challenges me to truly understand the material. I also love the feeling of seeing students light up when they understand a concept for the first time.... I like to employ a discussion-based model. I place emphasis on the student asking me lots of questions as well as explaining concepts...

...how to help him or her best. It is important to me that a student is able to enjoy his or her work. That will make learning more fun, and it will make the student more successful. I am so excited for the opportunity to tutor your child! I look forward to helping him or...

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...general essay writing. My philosophy on college entrance exams is that practice tests are most valuable when combined with training in the general principles of English language, vocabulary and reading comprehension for which the ACT and SAT test. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy watching movies, going to concerts, and playing board games.

...Natural Resource Management from the State of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. I will soon be starting a PhD in Forests: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, and Management at the University of Minnesota. I have several years of teaching experience, ranging from high school biology to elementary-level environmental education to leading college-level science and...

...Engineering at Stanford University. I've spent years abroad in China and Costa Rica and am fluent in Spanish and have intermediate/high Mandarin skills. I'm an IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma graduate. I would love to help you study Spanish, Mandarin, any IB class or extended essay, college application essays or standardized tests. I look forward to...

...students make breakthroughs in areas that previously were a struggle. My teaching style is very student-oriented and participatory, allowing the student to direct where they would like to see progress and ensuring that the process is as engaging and interesting as possible while also providing structure and clear expectations. Outside of academia, my interests include...

...as a TA for an algebra 1 class working with students with similar challenges, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Processing Gaps. I've also done volunteer tutoring in Chemistry and Essay writing. I am flamboyantly nerdy: especially about Math, Medicine, Chemistry, and Politics. I currently am a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician. I love the theater, being outdoors - backpacking,...

...and find them immensely beautiful. I want to share that love and illustrate concepts visually and intuitively rather than through mechanical computation. There's a quote I can't track down along the lines of "Do not attempt a proof until it is almost obvious" which guides my teaching philosophy. Outside of tutoring, I play classical piano,...

...the student who doesn't understand, it is a riddle with no answer. By teaching them how to recognize the type of problem and how to decode the clues, the student gets to be on the other side of the riddle, the side on which they solve it and feel good about it.

I'm a St. Paul editor with experience with both teaching and standardized testing.

Hello! my name is Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo. I grew up in Madison Wisconsin (yes I do love cheese!) and have been living in Minneapolis for the past 2 years. I graduated from Carleton College in 2016 with a BA in biology.

...their teaching style to meet those needs. Learning should be an interactive process, with the tutor and the one being tutored offering equal conversation and interacting in meaningful ways together. The best tutors are able to balance the need for specific content mastery and the desire to instill a love for learning as a general...

...levels. I have a natural talent for seeing subjects from the point of view of the student; I am not stuck in my own expertise. I am committed to finding effective strategies for facilitating understanding for each student, rather than just process. Special notes for Competition Math: I placed first in the Twin Cities (St....

...South Korea for two years. I served for a summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Reads VISTA, tutoring K-3 students in elementary literacy. I've also taught ESL to adult immigrants in Minneapolis for three summers, and am ESL certified through the Minnesota Literacy Council. I'm currently applying to medical school, and enjoy spending time with family...

...statistics and art history. Right now, I'm pursuing opportunities in research as part of my gap year as I apply to medical school. I've had previous experience tutoring students in a variety of subjects, from ACT prep, math, biology, and Latin. I can't wait to start tutoring students again, and to find a way that...

...the rules, and work to undo their instinct to rely on intuition rather than using the grammar rules they learned .For the reading exam, the most important things for most students are speed and "knowing the test." Students who know what information to look for in passages and what types of questions they might be...

...Since graduating from college, I have worked as a therapy trainee with children with emotional and behavioral disorders and as an administrative assistant at a mental health clinic. As a tutor, it is important to me to take an individualized approach and get to know each student's learning styles and interests in order to make...

I believe a fundamental understanding of math and science allows students to properly analyze any situation and learn how to obtain solutions. I will work with all my passion and energy to impart fundamental understanding in order to enable students to think critically and solve problems in unique ways.

...a Masters of Microbiology student at the University of Minnesota. I have a BA from the College of Saint Scholastica and have been a tutor for a year now. I enjoy teaching a lot and am also doing research. My research at the U of M is focused on green fluorescent protein infection studies with...