Experience Summary
During the spring of 2007 I tutored a college senior in Business Calculus. We would meet at a local bagel shop and go over homework problems he was having difficulty with. If these misunderstanding appeared to run deeper than the specified problem, I would help him understand the concept as a whole. I also tutored first through fifth grade students at a local elementary school in an after school program. These students were at risk for not passing their grade, so I would work to help them understand not only how to do their homework, but also the importance.
Teaching Style
As a student working towards a Mathematics degree, very quickly I migrated away from the applied and into the pure, theoretical, aspects of Mathematics. Being familiar with math from several different pure standpoints (Topology, Algebra, and Analysis) I understand the benefit of being taught a concept from different viewpoints. I find teaching with more of a Topological flavor adds great depth to math, even for those at a young age. There is however a learning curve that must be overcome to grasp math in a visual way. If that milestone appears to be undesired, or insurmountable, I try and teach in a more straight forward, student-discovery, method of teaching.