Award-Winning Microeconomics Tutors serving Grayslake, IL

Following a 30 year career in business and technology, I am now assisting students through academic tutoring. My academic background includes high performance at New Trier High School and University of Illinois - UC. I am flexible on timing and approach based on student needs, and I welcome the opportunity to coordinate with teachers.

I'm passionate about helping others succeed in the classroom and in life. Learning quickly and effectively is not only a skill that is useful in school, but is directly applicable to any path you choose to pursue.

...of research methods, statistics, and SPSS in behavioral science. I held review sessions before exams, preparing resources and working with the students one on one to help them succeed in their courses. Teaching the labs prompted me to break down fundamentals of SPSS from the abstractness and unfamiliarity of working with the software to a...

I have a passion for teaching and learning. I think math is fun. Doing math is like solving a puzzle.

...reviewing it at the end helps knowledge "stick," better too. I did well in school and I want you to do well, too! When I tutor I ask: what needs to be learned, how can it be taught, and have they learned it. I like to show students how this process can occur through class,...

...design, I believe that given all the data on learning environments and learners, one cannot deny that the ideal learning environment is one which incorporates real-life experience as much as possible and when not possible, provides for simulations of real-life settings using technology to bring the world to the learner and the learner to the...

...am a huge advocate for not understanding just how to solve the problem, but realizing why we are doing the steps in order to achieve the final solution. Not only am I trying to get the person to understand the problem, but teaching how to be a creative and independent thinker when approaching an unknown...