Award-Winning Computer Science Tutors in Sunnyvale, CA

...a Computer Science teacher at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Computer Science and English. My students have gone on to MIT, Stanford, and UC. I am a firm proponent of the "growth mindset", believing that focused effort can lead to mastery of any subject, and I try to impart this appreciation to all of my students. In my spare time, I...

...the value of what they are learning. 3. Learning by doing The best way of learning how to do something is to simply do it. I've developed a learning method called "Do Learn Do" that helps students learn by doing. The first "Do" is the student's first (solo) attempt in solving the problem, which often turns out to be quite difficult. In "Learn," I give my students feedback on how to improve their process (what...

...ask questions to make sure their train of thought is correct as giving a direct shortcut to the right answer does not help them to deeply understand the material and prepare themselves for any type of problem. Every time I am told I have changed the way someone thinks and helped their understanding it is a personal victory for me. When I am not teaching, I am working on my own side projects or playing...

...ways of looking at the world: the artistic/holistic and the logical/analytical. My grandfather taught me to tell time by giving me a clock to take apart and put back together again. My formal education is a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Applied Science from California Institute of Technology and a Master's degree in Computer Science (with distinction) from California State University at Chico. I garden, paint and play folk music: bluegrass and Chinese classical music...

...lifelong propensity for creative storytelling. As I matured into adolescence and adulthood, my proclivity for creative storytelling blossomed into a full-fledged passion for the entirety of the filmmaking process: from the screenwriter's "Aha" finger snap to the director's final triumphant "That's a wrap", and then from post-production editing to pre-release marketing and after-market merchandising. When it comes to film, there is a certain magic to both the medium and the production process that draws me...

...high school and college, I have taught people having difficulty with math and related fields. I attended math competitions and got awards and even got a scholarship from my work in math in high school. I love explaining to people what I find enjoyable, and math is one of the most fun things I do. Math is exciting and fun, and I love it when I can make others feel that way, too.... I assess the knowledge the student already has, and work to teach them what they need to know with what they already understand.

...I mostly worked with their local community social enterprise; my focus was studying markets and building strategies to develop the economic livelihood for the rural villagers. In addition, I tutored students from international schools and provided independent services to musicians, as well as helped direct a US State Department academic exchange program between Indonesian and US high school students. Aside from work, I love the outdoors. I grew up surfing, playing soccer, snowboarding, cycling, fishing,...

...Theater double-major at Stanford University in Northern California, Milan is very excited to be a part of the Varsity Tutors team. His main academic interests are English, philosophy, math, and computer science, but Milan enjoys many other subjects (psychology, physics, and economics to name a few). He is fluent in Spanish and an active member of the Latino community. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and taking the occasional photograph.

...manner that represented that of the educator, usually the case, did not allow for me, the student, to grasp the concept in its most fundamental state. Often, highly structured methods of teaching leave no room for creativity to think critically and learn in a manner that is best suited for a particular student. Although a student could have many reasons for being unable to perform to his or her potential, I have experienced or witnessed...

...engage in themselves, with the firm belief that core learning occurs from introspection first. I know the personal attention students need being an alumni of the best high school in the Midwest. I studied across a number of disciplines in my collegiate career from pre medicine coursework to a few courses shy of an economics degree. I have tutored students at all levels, from colleagues to elementary students. I currently work as a software engineer...