882 Chicago Prealgebra Tutors

Greetings, My name is Evan. I was a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago studying Biomedical Engineering. I graduated from Whitney M. Young high school, one of the leading high schools in Chicago. I was a part of their Academic Decathlon team, a prestigious academic competition in ten different subjects encompassing Math, Music, Economics,... read more

...My teaching style is very participation-based, sort of a mixture of the Socratic style and the 'mother tongue' style. I believe that it's important to understand not just the basis but the entire reasoning behind concepts, so a lot of back and forth discussion is necessary. I want my students to understand the information from all possible angles... read more

...I've been tutoring test prep for 15 years, and I have a lot of experience helping students get the score they need on the GRE. I've helped students push past their goal scores in both the Quant and Verbal. I took the revised version of the GRE the first day it was offered and I scored a 170 on the Quant and a 168 on Verbal. I've helped design GRE... read more

...My methodology in tutoring is a primary focus on problem-based learning. Lectures have no place in my tutoring sessions! I frequently write my own problems (a skill I have earned by working as an instructor in 3 undergraduate economics courses), and find that the best way to know a student's strengths and weaknesses is through collaboration on problems... read more

I graduated from Wheaton College cum laude in 2008 with a major in Spanish, a minor in Theology, and a certificate in Urban Studies. Since then, I have worked in the Chicago Public Schools system as an elementary school teacher. I have tutored students in a wide range of subjects, from math and science to literature and history. I have helped students... read more