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I am a PhD who has taught Math, Computer, Placement testing (e.g. SAT, ACT, etc.), Education, Astronomy, and Economics. I have taught in colleges, high schools, homes (private tutoring), and other venues. I am an academic and a Christian who enjoys helping students reach their goals as they enjoy the learning process. I believe in being a “guide on the Read more...
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My ACT/SAT students have earned over $500,000 in scholarships and they consistently score 26-36 (ACT), 1200+ (SAT) & improve 2 letter grades in class. My 2016-2017 students earned ACT scores from 24 to 34 (these students earned a 34, 33, 33, 33, 30, 29, 29, 28, 27, 26, 26, 26, and 24 respectively; a range of 74th to 99th percentile) Read more...
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I find that tying real-world applications into mathematical concepts is of lasting use to students. With six papers written and presented at international conferences, and two of them re-written for non-math audiences, I have an excellent grasp of how to give folks the connections between concept and application.I have taught mostly adults, but did tutor at the high school level. Read more...
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Summary————-My goal in working with students is to help them understand the principles behind the subject they are working in. Anyone can understand all the intro sciences well, if they are willing to put in the work and have a teacher that has an interest in helping them get there. I’m convinced that the reason so many students are frustrated Read more...
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Teaching has been part of my career since leaving College. I am currently instructing at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine and would like to reach out to a larger community of students who might be struggling with some mathematical concepts. Math is fun and can be rewarding!I also teach in the Graduate School at Thomas utilizing advanced math techniques and Read more...
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I have a mathematics degree from the Colorado School of Mines. I have been a geophysicist, a money manager, and entrepreneur, but my true calling is teaching mathematics, which I have been doing as a full-time tutor since 2008.I have worked primarily with high-school and college age students, in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, and calculus ABC. I also do test Read more...
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Everyone comes to the tutoring experience with different cultures, no matter how long they or their family has been in our country. We must honor our students, their culture and heritage as much as we honor our own. They may change their values, or ideas over the process of time, but as a tutor, we will show them what they Read more...
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I have other thirty-five years of teaching/tutoring experience beginning in 1977 as the manager/tutor of the Stanford Tutoring Service in Palo Alto, California. There are few things more gratifying to me than the look of satisfaction in the eyes of a student for whom the math mystery has been revealed! I have over 70 hours on Wyzant and each new Read more...
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Usually, the response I receive from people when I tell them that my undergraduate major was Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) balances between two phrases: “what an exhausting title” and “really ambitious, aren’t you?” On the surface, this is a fairly understandable reaction, as it is not a title that bears repeating for the sake of comfort or immediate Read more...
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I have over ten years of experience teaching and tutoring at the high school and college levels. I received my bachelor’s degree in Physics from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and my master’s degree in Physics from the University of Utah.Subjects I have taught include the following: Physics (Classical Mechanics, Optics, Electromagnetism, Harmonics and Wave Motion, Special Relativity, Read more...
