Viewing credentialed tutors from University of Wisconsin-Madison

...of experience teaching algebra I & II, economics and Spanish, but also love to assist students with ACT, SAT and GMAT test prep. One of the greatest investments you can make is in improving your college/grad school aptitude testing skills, as just a couple hours of study per week can yield enormous results in admittances...

...my style of teaching was beneficial to them and they did well in the lab class. I then taught lab techniques while doing fellowship at the NIH to summer students and thoroughly enjoyed it. My students loved the way I explained things to them in detail and also the fact that I pushed them to...

...the Navy ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin. Later, as a graduate student at Illinois, I spent time as a teaching assistant. In that role I held office hours, which are essentially drop-in tutoring sessions to help students in the class with whatever they needed. I have also done some teaching in a non-academic...

...means of teaching language and literature is contextualization. I strive to show students just how relevant English is to them, personally. I keep up-to-date on current events and trends and work to connect what is going on right now with the subjects of those literary works that have come before. In terms of writing, I...

...skills. In order to participate in this program, I underwent an intense training curriculum which taught me many fundamentals of teaching. I also have experience working with and teaching children and adolescents with special needs, as well as students where English is their second language. Most importantly, I have a strong passion for learning. As...

...student is different, I treat every case with equal conviction and effort from the most humble to the highest aspiring goals. Boredom and frustration are the source of nearly every student's struggles. Consistently my students say I clarify the most complex problems, transforming impossibly tedious and confounding coursework into an exciting and manageable challenge. I...

...and started tutoring elementary and middle school students in Math. After that, I studied Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When I studied there, I tutored a high school student in Mandarin. I enjoy using stories in Chinese history and folklore while tutoring Mandarin. Because I believe that practice using a foreign...

...job is to help get over any hurdles that show up and to show them the way. I try to inspire by showing how knowledge is useful and how it can be applied to all areas of life and by inspiring curiosity. In my personal life I enjoy cooking, photography, movies and theater, reading about...

...to think critically about language for the first time. When I'm not working or reading, I try to travel as much as I can. I grew up partly in Costa Rica, studied in Spain, and worked in France. More recently, I have spent time in Mexico, Portugal, and Panama. Closer to home, I like hiking,...

...organizations and worked for numerous student support programs. I have seven years of experience mentoring, tutoring, advising, and coordinating student support efforts for middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. I am passionate about empowering the students by building their personal confidence and academic abilities. I have a background in Math and Science and...