My name is Karen, and I graduated from UCLA majoring in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and minoring in entrepreneurship. As an undergraduate learning assistant teaching human physiology and introductory lab classes, I care about student learning and understanding! I've led 30-student discussion sections and taught individual K-12 students at local libraries. (read more)
...Aside from tutoring, I used to be a freelance math item writer and editor. I have written two practice manuals for Intermediate Algebra II, test items for Algebra I/II and Geometry as well. I have taught Grades 4th through 8th, and have taught Common Core Algebra I and Geometry for accelerated classes. (read more)
12 Subjects: includingAlgebra 2,Calculus,Algebra 1,SAT Math
...This approach builds confidence in the student, allowing them to find their own solutions, rather than relying solely on methods taught in school. I have been tutoring students math since high school. I have a unique teaching style that emphasized understanding over memorization. (read more)
...As a statistics minor, I have extensive experience with mathematics. I have consistently scored in the 93rd or higher percentile in the ACT and SAT. I have tutored math one-on-one from the middle school through the college level. (read more)
...As in reading, or sports, or any other human endeavor, the process of learning consists of combining formally separate steps into a single new step. 'Showing your work' prevents you exactly from doing this, and so from becoming better in mathematics. Hence, it must be rejected. Next, I will as... (read more)