Experience Summary
In addition to my undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering I am currently working towards my masters in the same field. I am specializing in Thermal Fluids and for the most part it deals with the mathematical interpretation of fluids in motion. In my undergraduate studies I had the opportunity to tutor freshman and sophomore students in the field of math and physics.
I also had the opportunity to help teach 4th and 5th graders basic math at Pineview Elementary in Tallahassee, FL. My math skills range from easy to hard and I've had the experience of explaining the sometimes confusing world of math to students.
Teaching Style
One of the most difficult things about math is comprehending the concept. Many learn through repetition, or visual demonstration. I would think that my tutoring skills involve both. Repetition allows one to get an idea of what they are doing and it also helps develop questions.
The questions help to get a full understanding of a concept.
Sometimes to further complete understanding of a concept visual demonstration is needed. Based on my previous experiences in tutoring elementary school students, most of the time they really don't know the concept and are just going through the motions.
If none of the two strategies mentioned above doesn't work I usually walk through everything slowly and find out where the problem is.