Award-Winning Biology Tutors in Eastern Michigan University, MI

...University of Michigan, where I studied Neuroscience and minored in Ukrainian Language and Culture. I am currently applying to medical school, which I hope to begin next fall. In my free time I love to explore the nature trails around Cincinnati as well as cook. While I can tutor a wide array of subjects, I...

...University Chicago in May 2014 and am currently working as a lab manager for the Visual Cognition Lab at Northwestern University. I'm from Cincinnati, OH and love spending weekends there with my family. I'm planning on attending doctoral school for a PhD in Neuropsychology after a few years of working and traveling. I fell in...

...for student satisfaction on my teaching evaluations. I majored in Biology and German as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. I believe it is a teacher or tutor's responsibility to determine a student's individual learning style and tailor her lessons accordingly. I do a brief interview with each client to ascertain whether he or...

...clear and direct explanations. I lead students to learn by encouraging them to speak up and ask questions so that the process is always student-driven and interactive. I am very creative and differentiated in my approach to teaching. I know that each student is different, with unique interests, and I tailor sessions to be effective...

I am a lifelong learner, and I hope to share that mindset while tutoring. I believe that any subject can be interesting as long as your approach it with an open, optimistic mind.... Any subject can be made interesting, with a motivated and optimistic mindset.... In a first session I like to find out a student's strengths and weaknesses. From there, we can determine if our best option is to multiply a student's strengths, or incrementally improve their weaknesses. Also, I like to swap one good joke with every new student.

...comprehension of the material is always the focus as opposed to memorization. I try to take a more hands off approach and let the student tackle the problems or questions as much as possible, with occasional guidance from me. I think this is very important as independence with the material is the goal.... I try to take a more hands off approach and let the student tackle the problems or questions as much as possible, with occasional guidance from me. I think this is very important as independence with the material is the goal and the student should feel comfortable in a test-taking environment in the relevant subject.

...five years. I specialize in areas of transition from high school to college, such as math, research, and writing, as well as college test prep (ACT/SAT and Application Essays), but I also have experience in more specific areas as well. To me, the most important aspects of helping students to learn are to be flexible...

...I have a really strong background in math. I want to pass on my love for chemistry, biology, math, and engineering to students! I have been tutoring these subjects for the past three years. My tutoring style is friendly, and encouraging! I am a visual learner, and I like to teach my students concepts by...

...analogies to compare new ideas to familiar ones is a strength and an effective means of teaching. The ability to recognize when an approach is not working is also of great importance. Having tutored, taught, and presented in the past has kept me aware of my audience be they middle school students on a lab...

...others, which included teaching kids at my church, tutoring middle and high school students during study hall, working with youth in after school programs, helping adults who wish to improve their English, and helping friends who home school their kids. My most preferred subjects are Biology and Economics because I like knowing how things work...