Sam - Math tutor - New York
1st lesson free
Sam - Math tutor - New York

Sam

  • Rate $25
  • Response 1h
Sam - Math tutor - New York

$25/h

1st lesson free

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1st lesson free

1st lesson free

  • Math
  • Trigonometry
  • Geometry
  • Statistics
  • Exam Prep- Sciences BAC

UVM Data Science master's teaching all levels of math-- I know what it's like to need extra help.

  • Math
  • Trigonometry
  • Geometry
  • Statistics
  • Exam Prep- Sciences BAC

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About Sam

As an independent tutor and instructor at Boston University, I taught 156 students. 85% of them improved their class averages; of that 85%, 56% improved by a whole letter grade or more. Do you need help figuring out how many of my students jumped up a whole letter grade? I'm the solution you're looking for.

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About the lesson

  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
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  • levels :

    Elementary School

    Middle School

    High School

    Première

    Terminale

    College

    University

    Adult Education

    Masters/ Graduate School

    Doctorate

    MBA

    Early childhood education

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I teach by application and problem solving. The best way to understand a mathematical abstraction is to apply it, and I teach by walking students through problems less and less until they can solve independently and explain it back. You don't teach English by providing words without definitions-- why teach math by providing formulas without understanding?

A typical lesson plan involves a pre-lesson problem set or a review of exams/HW to identify weak spots in a student's needed mathematical skills, observing how the student approaches and sets up a problem to solve, and proceeding from there. A lesson is complete and successful when a student can 'teach the subject back' to me-- explain it in such a way that demonstrates full understanding.

As a mathematics tutor, I am set apart by the fact that I struggled with math before college. Despite that, with the help of a tutor and my own intuition, I went on to receive several funded PhD offers in mathematics. Math is scary until someone who knows that helps. Not all math teachers know it-- I do.

I teach at the high school level, specializing in intuitive approaches to HS subjects, and at the underclassman level, specializing in mathematics for data/computer science.

Topics:
Pre-algebra
Algebra
Pre-calculus
Calculus
Trigonometry & Geometry
Scientific mathematics
Proofs & Logic
Statistics & Probability
Linear algebra
Discrete mathematics
Optimization

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Rates

Rate

  • $25

Pack rates

  • 5 h: $126
  • 10 h: $252

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Sam will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 1hrs

online

  • $25/h

Details

+$5 transit fee, anywhere in NYC.
No price difference between online and in-person.
Not responsible for cost of materials.

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