Award-Winning Geometry Tutors in Hillsboro, OR

...math. I enjoy being able to help others understand it. And I feel gratified when I can relieve the stress a student is feeling about not getting the math they have to do for a class or test. Outside of math, I have a degree in psychology and am very interested in the topic. In my spare time, I also like hiking, mountain climbing, table tennis, running, reading, Ethiopian and Thai restaurants, and chess.

...active, cooking and eating good food, playing guitar, climbing rock and ice, and being alive. I am extremely passionate about learning, and love to get people excited about it as well. I like to say that I teach "maieutically;" which comes from the Greek and means "to midwife, or aid in giving birth," in this sense, to an idea. I prefer to ask the student lots of guiding questions, instead of didactically infusing them with...

...writing overall. I tutored for two programs while at Princeton; one was the Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program, which provided one-on-one tutoring with inmates in the correctional education system. I also tutored for Let's Get Ready, which was a free SAT prep program. From these experiences I gained a broad knowledge of how best to tutor people of different ages and backgrounds. I recently took the GRE test and I performed well on the SAT...

...prepare for careers in science and engineering. As a Tau Beta Pi graduate from an Ivy League university, I recognize that hard work and devotion to your studies will allow you to achieve your goals. I will work with each student to set appropriate learning targets whether s/he is looking to supplement school or learning to prepare for admission exams. As a father of two teenage boys, I understand the challenges that modern life places...

...self sufficiency because I want to teach my students how to accelerate the pace of their learning, not just keep their head above water. I also seek to tailor my teaching to the individual so that they can meet their individual goals in academia My preference is to work with high school and college mathematics students. I have experience working with nontraditional students as well as students with poor math backgrounds. I'm especially interested in...

...as a summer school proctor, classroom teacher, private tutor as well as a teaching assistant in a classroom setting, all of which have strengthened the various methods and techniques I have learned as a mentor. I also have a strong academic background, with a degree in biophysics as well as in music and teaching experience in both fields. I hope to use my experience to help students develop a deeper understanding of physics, biology, math...

...elementary age children teaching basic Hebrew and Jewish studies. I'm passionate about tutoring because I believe every student can achieve any academic goal they set their mind to as long as they are given the tools for success. I aim to turn every "I can't" into "I know I can." I want to instill in my students a confidence in their own academic abilities and a true love of learning. I like to work with...

...Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am studying Biomedical Engineering and have a strong background and tutor in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics. I enjoy tutoring because I feel it is very rewarding when I help students understand new and tough concepts. With a background in engineering I like to motivate the students by setting up real life examples that they can apply to their everyday lives. I feel applying science and mathematics to your own life makes it...

...(La Habra, CA), to mentiona few of the positions whichI have held within the education sector. I am hoping to tutor abroad rangeof individuals. It is my feeling, that one must offer a student choices, versus dictates or commandments, in terms of what they must or must not do, within the context of the learning environment. The student will thereby become more motivated to learn, his or her own, respective subject matter at hand. An...

...as a large range of physics topics including Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism, Engineering Physics, and advanced topics. It is very rewarding to work one-on-one with individual learners. In addition, I have college-level teaching experience, which gives me perspective on how to best present homework, projects, and lab assignments. Each student learns and works differently, so it is about finding how best to serve you. I enjoy working with students from many kinds of backgrounds,...