Award-Winning Science Tutors serving Washington DC

...students is also of the utmost importance. My tutoring style consists of creating objectives for each lesson, providing check points along the lesson to ensure understanding, and explaining a subject in more than one way. I also summarize the lesson at the end and provide learning pearls as well as mnemonics to make it easier for my students to grasp the concepts. I also like to see how a student approaches a given problem before...

...ones that did not work, I stopped using them. The more I found strategies that worked, I began to be better in school. The better I performed, the more confidence I gained. Over the last 11 years, I have made my career in teaching at the undergraduate level. The experience is one that has come with its challenges, but has been so rewarding at the same time. The fact that I understand what it means...

...addition to law and physics, I am also fairly skilled with languages, having taken Spanish for six years, and Italian, Ancient Greek, and Latin for a year apiece. In addition to focusing on law, physics, and languages, I have also had a lot of success with helping students with learning disabilities, such as ADD, ADHD, and dyslexia. I myself was diagnosed with ADHD when I was six, and I have developed a variety of techniques...

...grade to college-aged in a wide variety of topics, but primarily focusing on Math and Science. While a student at Georgia Tech, I was a teaching assistant for several engineering courses, including Biotransport and Engineering Design Principles. I am passionate about education and love helping students discover a passion for math and sciences by breaking down these complex topics in terms any student can understand. In my spare time, I enjoy yoga, weight training, outdoors...

...of Science in Mechanical Engineering and continued to pursue an additional Master's of Science in Computer Science. My tutoring focus is in STEM as that correlates with my background and what I am most passionate about. I believe that the greatest currency in life is knowledge and that one can never learn or know enough. It is this passion that I wish to share and spread the knowledge that I have gained and continue to...

...myself successfully, but also my classmates, friends, and family. Learning, like all things, requires hard work and dedication, but that does not mean it has to be a boring and tedious task. We tend to retain fun, useless information that interests us the most, but most fail to realize how much power those known memories have on our potential to make new ones. One of the techniques that I teach my students is how to...

I am a recent graduate from Virginia Tech, where I majored in Mechanical Engineering. I was part of a couple of research teams and learned the best way to learn is to dive into the subject head on to learn weaknesses and work on them.

...degree in Electrical Engineering. For my daytime job, I understand and thoroughly communicate ideas about inventions as Patent Examiner at the USPTO. Teaching someone Physics or Math is similar, where a complicated subject has to be simplified with examples. I've always loved helping my peers in school and teaching my niece/nephew once I was out of school. I would love to help simplify these subjects for you and improve your understanding of them.

...7th grade math, AP Chem, AP Bio, Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Biology. She recently moved to Washington DC to continue her career in education with DC public schools. She is on Varsity Tutors after school and on weekends. Sarah has always had a passion for sharing her love of math and science with students. She has a firmly held belief that everyone can be good at math and science if they have the right mindset...

...personally attest to the value of tutoring services in my life. As a student who has always aimed for academic excellence, I had to utilize tutors at various points in my academic career. Doing so has not only allowed me to overcome challenges, but has provided me with a newfound confidence to tackle any material. I am passionate about tutoring because it gives me the opportunity to witness first-hand how a little bit of guidance...

I am a fourth grade teacher with a love for learning, interactive activities, and all things French :) I value hard work and persistence more than getting everything right the first time because I think we learn the most from our own mistakes. I try to model and instill this Growth Mindset in my students so that they have the skills to succeed beyond academics, even if they need more than one try.

...the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. -Carl Jung I have been an educator for nearly 20 years. I believe that there are countless ways to be able to assist students in understanding and grasping information. There is not one fit for all students. I graduated from High Point University with a BA in Elementary Education. I am working on finishing my MS in Clinical and Mental Health COunseling...

...Teaching Fellow in the Biology Department at Johns Hopkins University. Last fall, I was a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the freshman only seminar "The Human Microbiome". This course was a modified version of the course I taught as a Dean's Teaching Fellow. I have also been a teaching assistant for various other courses, including Biochemistry, the freshman only lab course Phage Hunters, and others. I have tutored for graduate level biophysics, and been...

...of Arts in Biology. The following year, I graduated with my Master in Health Science in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. I've mentored elementary aged children and fellow college students through my roles as a mentor for College Mentors for Kids and as a Resident Advisor at the University of Virginia. Since graduating, I've enjoyed working as a microbiologist at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention- Infectious...

I am an International Business major at Howard University. I have a passion for the acquisition of knowledge and an even deeper passion for service and education. I am most qualified in AP History subject, AP English subjects, elementary math, elementary English, and ACT prep. I believe education should be concise and practical--finding ways to apply academia to real life. ... Take the concept piece by piece, helping them understand it one step at a time.

...currently enrolled in the Data Science Specialization program offered by Johns Hopkins University. I've got plenty of experience tutoring Math related subjects including and up to College Algebra 1 and 2, as well as Pre-Calculus. I'm also well versed in SAT Math, so I'm interested in tutoring that as well. Experience with curriculum planning/ student assessment thanks to my stint as a Teaching Assistant in college. As a tutor I'm quite flexible; I realize every...

I am an alumna of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the honors college of Maryland. I majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Post undergrad, I am now matriculating through a post-baccalaureate program at Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry. As an advocate for healthcare equality in urban and rural communities, I have aspirations of becoming an Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon.

...well those students did with just a little bit of help and wanting to spread the impact mentorship and tutoring have on a student's success, I have devoted my extra time and my career to mentorship and helping other students grow and learn! Although I teach a broad range of subjects and my passions lie with STEM subjects (Algebra I,II and Physics I specifically!), this experience strengthened my equal passion for language and communication. My...

...expectations and objectives and are prepared for their individual career choices. In todays society the educator provides students with access to knowledge, allow for discovery and the application of their knowledge, rather than being seen as the authority or the primary source for knowledge. The ability of any student to compete globally is essential and as such curricula should be designed to ensure the incorporation of a knowledge base that allows the engagement of current...

...grade. I worked with them on everything from reading comprehension and counting to World History and long division. I learned how to be patient teaching a brilliant, incorrigible young man to read. After two years there I worked at a local college's tutoring center. I specialized in College Algebra and essay composition, but worked on many other subjects as well, including organizational skills and study habits. After a year of working at the college I...