211 Brentwood Algebra Tutors

...have a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Marine and Freshwater Biology. I also have a Master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Marine Science. I have multiple semesters of experience teaching as an aid at the college level. I also was a NSF GK-12 Fellow, so I have experience teaching kids as young as fifth... read more

...I enjoyed the individual interaction between my students the most. I found that students were more focused, relaxed, and productive. I believe in using a student's prior knowledge as a base to build upon. Students seem more open once a teacher recognizes their knowledge and ability. Not only does this technique build a personal relationship,... read more

...It is obviously my favorite math course to teach so I love helping people who are new to it discover for themselves how cool it can be. And for those who aren't so thrilled about it, I always enjoy finding new and better ways to explain it to them so that they can understand it better and move on. Linear algebra is an extremely important part of... read more

...My philosophy about learning difficult subjects is that everyone has the ability to understand them; they just haven't had the opportunity to see it the way they need to in order to understand. I can offer patience and creativity to help students of any grade level grasp difficult concepts and use higher level understanding to tackle mathematics... read more

...cardinality) of sets, proofs by induction, equivalence relations, modular arithmetic, logic, elementary group theory, etc. are all concepts that I encounter almost daily in graduate school. I get daily practice with the material of this course. I took a computationally heavy course in linear algebra during my senior year of high school. I later... read more