I focus on a strength-based method to address academic/learning opportunities. Let's use the things you do well to help you learn content that's tough for you. With preK-grade 8, my tutoring approach incorporates active parent communication. With teens and adults, I use my session time to consult, guide, and direct clients by providing strategies to writing, test taking, and maximizing their study time. ... I hope to guide learners to methods that meet their constellation of...
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...about mastering content but also about gaining confidence and developing critical thinking skills. Helping students unlock these abilities brings me immense satisfaction, and I thrive on seeing them grow into independent learners. Throughout my journey, I have worked with students across various age groups and educational backgrounds, offering personalized support in each subject. My educational background includes an Computer Science Engineering and MBA, which has provided me with a strong foundation in these areas. I...
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...finance at Arizona State University. I have the following degrees: BS in Economics, Penn, 1977 MBA in Finance, ASU, 1979 PhD (all but dissertation), ASU, 1985 I have had over forty years of experience teaching and tutoring, as well as other roles such as Boy Scoutmaster, Little League coach and youth pastor. My favorite subjects to tutor are mathematics, especially statistics. It is a crucial, practical skill that many students overlook. My teaching type is...
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...studying Mechanical and Robotics Engineering. I am here to help with any Math, Science, Engineering or other tutoring needs. My main approach is to focus on mastery over work pace. I encourage my students to strive for perfection on the basic material, before moving to the hard stuff. That way you won't only "kinda know" two things, but truly understand the material. Outside of class I enjoy, hiking, playing the saxophone, cooking and building robots.
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I'm here to provide assistance to students, professionals, as well as hobbyists who need extra help! I specialize in coding using C, C++, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java and more. I am also a Math tutor and I can help you with Elementary Mathematics, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Calculus 1, and others. Additionally, I also have experience with the Linux command line, Networking with TCP/IP, and many other technologies.
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...Spring 2023. I have tutored since the 7th grade and I love to help people understand concepts that they previously struggled with. I tutor in a variety of subjects but I am most passionate about Algebra, the SAT Grammar section, and the SAT Math Section. I believe that curating a unique approach for each individual is important in their advancement. Everybody is different and therefore their way of learning will be different too! This has...
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...of all ages in the areas of reading, writing, and math. I also prepared students for the SAT and ISEE. In September 2013, I started my own business doing private tutoring. I have continued to work with students of all ages in the areas of reading, writing, and math, and I have continued to prepare students for the SAT and ISEE. In general, about half of my students are doing test preparation and half are...
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...from the microscopic to the macroscopic world. It truly is the universal language of the universe. My appreciation for math and how it applies to nature is the reason I decided to pursue my education in Astrophysics and Mathematics. I love the sky and the Universe it reflects. Especially growing up in New Mexico, where our sky is one of the most beautiful in the world. It is what sparked my interest in Astronomy and...
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...with: honors, homeschooling, drill and practice, homework help, gifted, reteaching, high school placement tests, plumbers exam, and state test prep (Regents, Star, NJSLA, etc). Access to Math software to generate thousands of questions. Math reference library to use during sessions. Reading Comprehension for grades 4-11, admission tests, and adults is a strength as well. Exposure to short reading passages and comprehension checks are readily available to increase fluency and comprehension. Located in Central time zone....
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...have experience in tutoring middle school, high school, and college students in different topics of mathematics. I am also TEFL-certified and I have experience with teaching ESL to students living abroad. In my spare time, I enjoy reading classic novels, dancing and listening to a variety of music. I also enjoy learning languages and about the histories of different countries. I am very excited to work with you and to help you on your academic...
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...me the opportunity to teach in a one-on-one situation. I enjoy building a student's self-esteem and confidence, in sharing the joy that comes with assisting the students improve their grades. With us working together on class work and preparing for them for various exams. I know I can give your child the right kind of guidance and structure that one, might need in a subject that they're struggling with to achieve his or her goal...
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...you want to be when you grow up?" My response "A teacher." Science and math are often challenging subjects for several people. When I meet new people and they ask what I do, their faces often immediately cringe when they learn I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry. Needless to say, science and math are generally not everyone's favorite. My approach to teaching is to first identify what a student already knows. It is important to...
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...live on Long Island, in New York, where I have tutored professionally since 1985. Over these many years, I have worked with students from 5 years through 80 years of age, and at all levels of academic achievement, including students who were home schooled and those with IEPs. I have tutored the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT exams for students who were candidates for graduate school, and have worked with students taking the NTE and NYSTCE...
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...8th grade English for the past two years at Noble Academy, a charter school in Columbus. All of my classes have demonstrated positive growth over the course of a year. I also run a college prep clinic for students from Somali backgrounds and have done so for the past four years. I started in education through Teach for America as a Spanish and remedial English teacher at a high school in Greenwood, MS. I tutor...
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...have the most one on one tutoring experience. Do not let that dissuade you in my abilities in other subjects, for I do have other experience. I am a college graduate, whom obtained a double major in Anthropology and Biology. With the degree tracks, I have helped many students in chemistry, biology, and many other science based classes. I have tutored kids, teens, and collegiate adults; and my tutoring style varies depending on the student....
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...on the pre-medical track with Ivy League internships. Throughout highschool I took 22 AP classes and exams, as well as the ACT (score of 35) and the SAT (score of 1580). I've had many students on Varsity Tutors so far, and have been tutoring privately for 5+ years, in AP and SAT/ACT tests as well as for school subjects and all of my students have reported significant improvements in their understanding of the subject and...
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...own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." This quote from one of Marianne Williamson's classic books sums up my journey in the world of academics. Growing up as a teenager, I used to have phobia for science, especially maths. I used to tell myself, "I can't do this, this would be the end of me." 18 years down the line, here I am, a Masters Degree holder in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M, and a...
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...health and did my undergraduate degree at the University of Richmond. I love to teach and hope to eventually teach at a university and do research. I have always enjoyed helping others learned. When I was little, I used to make my sister play teacher with me (she was always the student, poor thing). Now I enjoy tutoring students of all ages in a variety of subjects. My favorite subject to tutor is math because,...
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...the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to teach history for grades 7 through 12. For the last three years I have been employed at the United Teen Equality Center, a non-profit organization in Lowell, Massachusetts that provides services, opportunities, and supports for 'at-risk' and 'proven risk' youth between the ages of 16 and 24. While working in UTEC's educational wing, I have taught high school history classes in partnership with Lowell Public Schools...
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Many universities and colleges rely on the ACCUPLACER exam to analyze the degree to which incoming students have mastered core mathematical and verbal concepts. The ACCUPLACER is a suite of tests that quickly, accurately, and efficiently assess reading, writing, math, and computer skills, according to the official website. An individual's academic strengths and weaknesses are highlighted in these tests, and an interactive learning tool is provided so that colleges and higher-learning institutions may identify your specific needs in a particular subject.
Institutions use the results of this series of tests to assist in the placement of each student into first-semester courses of appropriate difficulty and content. These are courses that will challenge students, but not bore, stress, or overwhelm them. If you are getting ready to take the ACCUPLACER, the Arithmetic section may be the part of the test for which review seems most unnecessary. Consisting of 17 questions about the basic operations and applications of arithmetic, including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages, the Arithmetic section can be easy to brush off. These basic skills may be your most rusty; however, they were likely covered a long time ago.
Not reviewing these core concepts can result in a non-optimal performance on this section of the ACCUPLACER, and this can have disastrous results for your placement in first-semester math courses. Ending up in a class that teaches material you already know can add an unnecessary workload to your degree track. This may perhaps even prevent you from registering for more advanced courses until you complete easier prerequisites that you might have been able to skip had you performed better on the ACCUPLACER. Reviewing your elementary math skills in preparation for the ACCUPLACER Arithmetic section can have long-lasting benefits on your undergraduate education, but determining the particular content on which to focus your review can be a rather unintuitive task. Custom-tailored ACCUPLACER Arithmetic tutoring might be just the thing to help you study efficiently and effectively. Varsity Tutors' educational directors can help you select an instructor who knows all of the ins and outs of this specific section of the ACCUPLACER and the content it tests.
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Each tutoring session can take place in a one-on-one, in-person setting, so you can have your instructor's full attention. Face-to-face online tutoring is also available upon request. This is to accommodate your work or school schedule, and everything in between. Additionally, the individual nature of private tutoring means that you can work at whatever pace allows you to learn best. In order to grasp the material completely, you are encouraged to spend just as much time on a concept as it takes you to fully understand it. Do not feel rushed. Anything that is hard to comprehend can be reviewed. To save on time, however, all materials and concepts that were previously learned will not be reviewed as you have already mastered this subject. If you would like to learn more about ACCUPLACER Arithmetic tutoring available near you, or to schedule your first session, contact Varsity Tutors today! Tutors are professional, experienced, knowledgeable, and would love to work with you.
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Tonight we continued reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions and basic word problems. We spent quite a bit of time focusing on fractions - converting mixed fractions to improper fractions, finding the common denominator, and adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. The student is improving!
Today we discussed how to prepare a writing assignment for the student. We went over choosing the right topic based on the criteria provided in the test, ways to brainstorm, how to write an introduction, adding details to your writing and more. He completed the writing assignment component of his High School practice entrance exam.
Today the student and I did more worksheets from her reading comprehension workbook. She has done most of the practices in the book, so the activities and passages are getting more difficult. Next week we will look exclusively at poems.
During this session, the student and I worked on improving her grammar as well as reading & comprehension. First, I had her complete the second half of the grammar section from the High School exam practice test. Based on either her errors or the grammar rules tested on this section, I had her learn these rules with me using example sentences. Specifically, we focused on the use of me vs. I, as well as recognizing fragments/run-ons from complete sentences. Second, I had her do a practice reading & comprehension passage followed by questions. I selected a very challenging passage for her so that she could practice the strategies I have had her use; Always remembering the main idea, and returning to the passage to find evidence in the text rather than make guesses that are unfounded "stretches."
The student and I went back to the math section of the practice test. After working through each problem, I asked her to tell me what the main concept of the problem was, and to summarize how she found the solution. I am helping her identify "clues" in a problem's wording as to whether the problem is more logic or pattern-based, or more arithmetic-based, to help speed up the process of understanding what the problem is really asking and solving it accurately. I assigned her a set of math problems and two reading comprehension exercises to complete over the next few days when we will not be meeting.
I am tutoring the student for the exam. Today we discussed the topics that would be on the exam and narrowed down the areas of focus. We worked through mathematical word problems and an English diagnostic. Next week, we are going to practice more word problems and begin working on root words.
