...When I was in 8th grade, I noticed that my peers in algebra were having difficulties that I didn't have. Once in a while I'd stay after school and help people who asked for it, and this soon turned into a regular after-school tutoring program. To this day, math is one of my favorite subjects to work in, and I have been fortunate enough to teach it consistently at all levels. (read more)
...As a result, I place a strong emphasis on timing and have students complete short sets of questions within a certain time frame. This allows my students to gauge their own pace and know when to skip a particular question. For more than ten years, I have worked to prepare students for both the middle and upper-level ISEE. (read more)
...DE and surrounding PA achieve success in math. My feeling about tutoring math is that math was not made to be difficult, and if you have experienced difficulties in math it is perhaps because you were taught the wrong way. My approach is to teach students how to use the reasoning skills they already have and to bring these skills to bear to conquer whatever math problems they have. (read more)