What is your teaching philosophy?

My philosophy is to help give my students the self-confidence to tackle even the most daunting questions. I want to help students understand the subject, not just memorize answers.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?

If something isn't making sense, I try to change the perspective. I will try to come at the idea with a different way of looking at it, be it making an example or drawing a picture to explain.

What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?

I like to tackle statistics questions by drawing them out. I find this helps students better understand what the question is asking for and how to go about finding that specific answer.

What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?

I like to give students new problems to solve using the skills we just worked on, and I will change different parameters of the problem. Then, I have them walk me through how to solve the problem and explain their reasoning. It really helps us find where their understanding is lacking and what their thought process is like.

How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?

Practice, practice, practice! If a student is not feeling confident with a subject, we practice together. I really like to modify the problems so they have experienced the different ways a concept could appear on test day.