...I am currently a community college professor in Massachusetts, and I have been teaching and tutoring for over 30 years. The subjects that I have taught range from Pre-Algebra all the way to Calculus, including Geometry, Trigonometry, and Discrete Mathematics. Whether you need help with working ... (read more)
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Hello. I am an experienced mathematics teacher/tutor who has taught/tutored at middle school, all through high school, to college, and graduate school. My degrees are in mathematics (MS) and mathematics education (BSMEd). I have been involved in many aspects of mathematics education including sco... (read more)
...We look them up, and examine where the words come from. We compare them to words the student might know, for example, that if you "fracture" a bone you have broken it, a "fragment" is a piece of something, and the word "fraction" comes from the same Latin word. If a student understands the words of a subject, they are much more likely to understand the subject. (read more)