Award-Winning Math Tutors in Marquette County, WI

...the interim I've had a couple positions. I work for a pharmaceutical testing company right now, after a stint with Epic. When I grew up on the East Coast, I was fortunate enough to receive a good SAT I score, and SAT II scores. This really opened a lot of doors for me, both in...

...Wisconsin Madison with a B.S. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology and a M.S. in Bacteriology. I was a teaching and laboratory assistant during my time in college where I helped many students through their science courses. I was recently a Microbiology Professor in Portland and really enjoyed the student-teacher interaction. I am looking to continue...

...as an educator is to be a positive role model. I try to act as if my students are always watching me. They need to see there is an alternate way of behavior as opposed to what they see in the popular culture. I also believe that each student should feel safe in school. The...

...in Education for Elementary/Middle & Adaptive Education. I also hold a Master of Science Degree in Education with Reading Teacher/Specialist Certification. More recently I achieved National Board Certification in Early/Middle Level Literacy. I have been teaching 22 years and have worked with students in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. I teach all subject areas and am...

...of Wisconisn-Madison where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology. I took the MCAT over the summer of 2016, scoring a 520. I have over five years of teaching and tutoring experience, having worked with children as young as eight exploring circuits for the first time, middle schoolers needing help with written and verbal...

...with a degree in Microbiology and a certificate in Global Health. Currently, I study the immunogenetics of non-human primates. In my collegiate career, I worked with struggling elementary students on their reading comprehension, taught a summer science program at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, and volunteered with an after-school engineering club at the Goodman Center....

I connect with people best through sharing ideas. The majority of my spare time is spent trying to simplify or find alternate proofs of basic theorems to make them more intuitive.... Focusing on beauty solves many problems a teacher faces. If I am attending a lecture about The Great Gatsby, I will be eager if the speaker tells of the beauty she sees, rather than a quick and dirty type of analysis. I regularly talk to people who admit math wasn't their favorite subject in school. Some were self-conscious. Some had gaps they never filled. Some just didn't care. Whatever the case, I admit to them that math is my favorite art form with as much room for expression as sculpting or jazz. I claim that mathematicians are half artists, half observers of fine art. My conversants often tell me it is an epiphany for them to think of math as such, and that it helps heal their math wound. A marvelous way I have found to unveil beauty in the classroom is by using surprise. I like to present ideas from a simple perspective, discuss them briefly, then release a theorem. Thales' theorem (the diameter of a circle subtends a right angle to any point on the circumference) is a great example, especially with the aid of Java applets. After playing a bit with triangles by moving points around in a worksheet, it's surprising to be able to connect two structures as basic as a right triangle and a diameter. Next in importance to marveling at beauty, I want students to learn to think critically to solve problems. Understandably, some students have never had guidance past high school drills. All the more, problem solving should be emphasized and revisited throughout college curriculum. I have many years of experience in problem solving competitions and a collection of principles regarding problem solving that I like to follow. One is about inverse problems. Consider the following: if baseball cards are five cents apiece and shipping costs fifty cents, how many cards will one dollar buy? After making the arithmetic clear, students had better know how to calculate the forward problem, i.e. "How much will x number of cards cost?" I'm depending on them knowing the forward problem because we covered it last week, but it is important to bring it out in more than just a mention so the students have a comfortable base to start. It's like revisiting rational numbers before diving into irrationals. They are intrinsically tied, and it gives the class confidence to start with old material.

...and Orton-Gillingham tutor from Brooklyn, NY (currently living and working in Madison, WI). My strengths include academic writing (undergrad and graduate-level coursework), English/Humanities education for K-12, and Orton-Gillingham literacy education for folks of all ages with dyslexia. I'm currently employed as a tutor for the Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia. I am an...

...really has no end. Sounds a little cliche, but it's true! I specialize in math, which is a subject that both challenges and excites. Math applies to everything and it's only stipulation is basic and irrefutable logic. Learning math occurs through a combination of instruction and participation. Instruction gives you direction and allows you to...

...passion. I have years of experience in tutoring to students of all ages. My teaching philosophy is to review or reteach difficult concepts, practice, and then challenge my students without overwhelming them. I am certified to teach English and have taught English abroad. I am also fluent in Spanish. This experience allows me to tutor...