...My interest in tutoring and the publishing industry stem from the same source: I want to help instill in others the same love of learning I have felt throughout my life. Whether it's getting lost in a good book or feeling the thrill of excitement at finally solving a difficult math problem, I feel that learning should be fun and viewed as a challenge, not a chore. Throughout my academic career, I have been a...
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...demand in the workplace. My approach with tutoring is to maintain a positive, professional, encouraging, and fun environment for the student. Besides working, I strive to be the best husband and father to our two little boys. I am also active in church and exercise regularly. I hope to not just help students academically, but also serve as a professional role model who can help students appreciate how their education can greatly benefit them personally...
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...completed pharmacy school and became a pharmacist in 2010. I have been working as a tutor/teacher since 2007. I have worked with students of a vast variety of age groups and subjects. I love science and I love teaching. Of all the science subjects that I tutor, chemistry is my favorite. I have studied it beyond the text books and have my own tricks and techniques to learn the material. My second favorite is math/algebra...
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I enjoy teaching. As a professional, my favorite part of the job was teaching other people how to use Excel. I love teaching and am currently a building substitute at a junior high school. I enjoy solving problems and helping others learn new things.
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...School of Engineering. Based on my strong academic record, I was able to accelerate the completion of my Master of Business Administration (MBA) in just one additional year, also at Cornell. Upon graduation, I applied my knowledge as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies in many different industries, primarily in the role as a process and profit improvement specialist. I then joined an investment firm which was pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence to...
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I earned my degree at Brigham Young University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in History. While I love history, I am also passionate about math, reading, and writing. I have had the opportunity to work with a number of age groups--from kindergarten to high school--tutoring math, reading, and writing. I believe that education is one of the most important gifts we can give to the children in our lives. It is important to me to...
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...tests for more than five years. I strive to not only prepare students to exceed academic standards but also to be critical thinkers and curious, well-informed human beings. I recently completed a dual degree at Indiana University and moved to New York to take a gap year before beginning graduate school. As a scholarship student at IU, I majored in economics, cognitive science, and piano performance. Outside of tutoring, you can find me playing or...
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...final semester of my undergraduate career and will begin taking graduate courses starting in Spring 2015. My goal is to sit for my CPA in Summer 2015 and attend law school after getting an M.S. in Accounting. I am actively involved on campus in national honors societies such as Omicron Delta Kappa, Helen P. Denit honors, Alpha Chi, Betta Gamma Sigma, and more. I am a CRLA Level 1 certified tutor. This means that I...
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I am a current working tutor and my passion is to help students succeed in all of their math endeavors. Math doesn't have to be your favorite subject but that doesn't mean that you can't succeed and do well!
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...you, helping you to determine which areas you need to develop most, and designing the most effective study strategies for you to keep your learning fresh. As a tutor, my main goal is to provide answers to any questions you may have, to clarify confusing ideas, and to challenge you to grow in the subject. In my free time, my favorite activities are songwriting, Pilates, and baking. I also read, enjoy nature, and like to...
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...work experience includes 5+ years as an investment analyst at a private wealth management firm and 18 months at a digital media start-up. I first began tutoring in high school and have successfully helped many middle school and high school students improve their grades and/or prepare for standardized tests. While I'm comfortable teaching in many subject areas, my specialty is standardized test preparation. In addition to having a strong understanding of the subject matter covered...
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...pre medicine track with a minor in computer science. My enthusiasm for tutoring began with my younger sister, as I helped her to overcome learning obstacles and improve her scores on math and science exams. Since then, I have worked with students of varying ages to improve their skills in math and science subjects, including geometry, calculus, chemistry, biology, and more! As a Biomedical Engineering student, I am consistently building on the STEM topics introduced...
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I really love working with students one to one. I have been tutoring students for 25 years and I've been a teacher for 20 years. I have learned a great deal about why students might struggle with certain mathematical concepts and have developed many different ways to approach these problem areas. As I get to know you we will develop more I'm sure.
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...in my tutoring of a diverse population of students over 20-years; and raising two children who have become successful engineers after graduating from top universities. I have the experience, patience, discipline, and passion to get every student to achieve their personal and specific targeted goals in math and science! I know how to make math and science work for every student, whether the student wants to become an artist, physicist, or zoologist - and everything...
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...learn. My teaching style has always been adaptive and I tailor how I approach instruction to who is asking the question and what their specific problems are for that subject. In my spare time, I have a wide range of hobbies, with all the places I've lived, I've needed to adapt and have a variety of hobbies so there's always at least one or two I can engage in wherever I'm stationed.
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...Mathematics and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. Currently, I am pursuing a Master's degree in Telecommunications and Optics Engineering at the City College of New York. I started tutoring mathematics shortly after my first semester in college. I love every branch of mathematics, but I tend to gravitate towards Calculus due to its beauty and effectiveness in describing and modeling natural phenomena. However, I feel equally pleased tutoring other math subjects, including, but not...
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...a Master of Science in Statistics, and I have a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. My favorite part of tutoring and teaching is guiding students to "light-bulb moments" where they truly understand a concept for the first time. I focus on helping my students develop a growth mindset for mathematics as well as the content matter. I'm here to help you succeed and have fun with math and statistics! It may not be easy, but...
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...teaching high school math and tutoring college math. I understand how struggling math students think. I was a mediocre math student in high school and math was not really my thing. However, in college I had a wonderful math tutor who worked diligently with me so that I really grasped college Algebra and I ended up acing the subject which had always alluded me in high school. It was amazing how much more enjoyable math...
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...the future, I hope to become a pediatrician. I have experience with and tutor in a wide range of subjects, and am most passionate about helping students with standardized exams. I know from personal experience that any exam score can be improved with studying and practice, no matter how frustrating or impossible it may seem. As a tutor, my goal is to listen to and address my students' needs as thoroughly as possible. Outside of...
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...subject where, I feel, a good tutor/teacher can impact a student's performance the most. I believe learning should be fun. If you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong. I like to laugh and do it often. I have always tested well, particularly in math, but I am not bookish, stale, or boring. I have four children - all teenagers! So I am a little crazy; however, I have developed a large amount of patience.
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The student and I continued to review concepts that jumped out at him as tricky or confusing. We walked straight through the chapter summaries and when he didn't recognize a topic I asked him to confirm with the teacher that they definitely hadn't covered it in class. We solidified his foundations just in time for the test.
Today we reviewed for her final. We covered coordinate geometry, including plotting points, reflections, translations, and dilations. We also discussed rational vs. irrational numbers, and scientific notation. She did well. We also discussed inequalities but will work on them again next time.
The student and I continued to work on probability and combinatorics. We finished one homework assignment that consisted mainly of the probability of the union and intersection of sample spaces. The student is starting to understand the concepts a little better each time. We used Venn Diagrams in an application and were able to complete a challenging question. She was able to explain the entire process to me by the end of the session.
Today the student went over solving inequalities. We worked extensively with writing up algebraic equations to represent word problem situations. The student also reviewed how to work with negative numbers in addition/subtraction and multiplication/division situations.
The student and I went over the review given by her teacher. For each topic, we re-capped the important points and key concepts. I then had her practice reapplying the ideas with my oversight, and asked her to do a few specific problems from each chapter.
The student and I looked through her math notebook from the most recent school year. Using Mandarin with a little bit of English, I asked her what was hardest and easiest for her in math. She mentioned that her main problem was understanding the English math terminology. We made flashcards using the +, -, x, and division symbols with associated English terms. We reviewed adding fractions (changing denominators), reducing fractions, comparing fractions, and mixed number addition.
