Award-Winning Trigonometry Tutors serving Homewood, IL

I am a seasoned tutor with over 5+ years of experience working with middle-school, high-school, and undergraduate college students on a multitude of subjects, as well as coaching potential applicants through the college search process.

I strive to engage students through effective communication, hands-on lessons, and a strategic method of breaking down problems into their most simple form.

...and tailor lessons to their needs. Although I enjoy writing and mathematics the most, I have a passion for physics, earth sciences, reading comprehension French and Japanese. I encourage students to find freedom in these subjects rather than trauma. In each lies a means of expression and an opportunity for dialogue. Physics, for example, offers...

...favorites in particular, because I enjoy seeing my students realize that, while it is kind of intimidating at first, Calculus is just as easy as the math that came before it. I also enjoy helping students learn to get comfortable with standardized tests like the ACT. I keep both of us in a good mood...

I have wanted to be a teacher ever since I can remember, and that has become a reality as I graduated in December 2016 with my degree in Secondary Math Education. It is my passion and my goal to help as many students as I can and share my love of math with them!

I have a passion for learning and for helping others to learn! Started teaching undergrad courses in 1991...began tutoring in 1999 and received a tutoring award from the University of Pennsylvania. I like to make hard subjects clear and easy to handle!... Usually it's part "get to know you." But then I ask them what is bothering them the most, and we start there. If we have to back up to review things, no problem; I...

...rewarding, as I have had the opportunity to meet many students with diverse cultural and academic backgrounds. It's my goal as a tutor to help students grasp the concepts and learn how to apply them, rather than simply accumulate information. I believe in students capabilities to learn and excel in math. During tutoring sessions, I...

...I am tutoring a student, I look to make a problem applicable to the student's experiences. I look to show them the parallels between things they are familiar with and the problem in question. Seeing a student's realization that they can solve a problem brings me satisfaction. In my free time, I enjoy computer programming,...

I currently teach High School Chemistry, Biology, Geometry, and Algebra I and 2. I enjoy witnessing student growth - particularly, what I refer to as "light-bulb moments" - and achievement.

...of University of Michigan with a degree in Kinesiology I hope to help offer my knowledge, patience and desire to help others learn through personalized tutoring meant to meet each child's academic goals by broadening their understanding of different topics and helping them develop the skills necessary to problem solve and/or articulate themselves to the...

...to assist students in what they find most difficult to help them achieve their goals. I enjoy getting to know a student's personal interests and hobbies. In doing so, I will get to know their learning preferences and get to use references or analogies to what they already know and use on a regular basis.

...graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Bachelors in Chemical Engineering. I have previously tutored students in college specifically in chemistry and calculus. If you have any hobbies you enjoy outside of education, let me know! I will try to cater to each student individually and make learning as relatable to you as...

...struggled to pick up the information at school and learned a lot from my tutors. I soon became advanced in all my math classes, skipping through algebra two into trig in my first year of high school. I even started to tutor other students and family members. My goal is to leave no student behind...

...at my degree. It also requires creativity and curiosity to succeed in engineering. Although I have learned many things I continue to learn about the unknown because I am also part of a research team at UIC that studies traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's Disease. All of these experiences show that I have a passion...

Hiya! I'm Dan, a second year student in college, going for a degree in Computer Information Science. I love photography and biking. Coding too - maybe a little too much :P

...manageable for a student. Often, the tutoring experience helps me find better ways to explain concepts to my own students in class. My keys to tutoring involve getting to know a student so I can find ways to make the material relatable in a manner that makes sense to the student. When I am not...

...two years to improve academic performance by setting semester-long and weekly academic goals, social-emotional learning goals, and improving study habits. Throughout the year, the students I tutored and I tracked progress and saw that students improved academic performance as a result of gaining social-emotional and academic tools. I have tutored and graded college students' work...

...out how to master the material. Aside from my math and science interests, I enjoy hanging out with family/friends, reading, movies, traveling, and I'm down for trying almost anything. I also love dogs and have recently adopted my own puppy - a tri-colored, rough coat collie - and I'm having a great time raising him.

...classes. More specifically, I specialize in high school and college-level math/science courses: algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, physics and chemistry. Test prep for ACT, SAT, GMAT and GRE are also included. I'm extremely patient and will always take the time to ensure students understand the concepts in a way that is clear to them. I'm...

I am a tutor studying applied math at Columbia University. I am interested in discussing various math topics, approaching problems with creativity, and sharing study techniques. I have experience tutoring 3rd - 12th grade math as well as college math, including Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry, and SAT math.