Evan P.
- Madison, WI 53711 ( 15.7 mi )
- Experienced Math Tutor
- Male Age 36
- Member Since: 05/2012
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $12.00 to $20.00 /hr
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In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Trigonometry, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, College Algebra, Algebra II, Algebra I
My comments on tutoring Math : In general, mathematics happens to be one of my strongest areas of expertise, if not my strongest. I excel in many aspects of the topic including, but not necessarily limited to, elementary math, algebra I & II, and geometry
I believe that a child cannot fully come to comprehend subject matter without having a chance to be immersed in it first. This philosophy lends to the hands-on, question-oriented form of teaching that I so firmly stand by. I realize that different people employ different strategies in coming to learn new material and I will adjust the way I teach as best I can in order to accommodate each and every individual detail. Much the same as the famous social psychologist Lev Vygotsky emphasized the zone of proximal development, I believe that education should not be approached from the standpoint of "teaching to the test" as much as it deserves to be about aiding a child in coming up with creative alternatives in an effort to master the concept in question and develop an intrinsic motivation to actually want to learn.
Working with children always has been and always will be a passion of m ... read more