1,788 Millbrae Tutors

...Before returning to school to get my MA, I worked as a technical writer in medical manufacturing and the biotech sectors. As a student at SFFU I worked in two university-sponsored tutoring programs, providing reading and writing direction to graduate and undergraduate students. I have a BA in English from San Diego State, where I graduated Phi Beta... read more

I greatly enjoy working with students, having tutored, taught, and coached students for the past twenty-five years. My degrees are from Harvard College (B.A.) and the University of Chicago (M.A., Ph.D.). During the past six years I have tutored for Wyzant, Tutor.com, Baytutor, The BuddySystem, and TeamUp!Tutors. When I begin a new tutorial, I take... read more

...Tutoring in reading skills should make the students able to: *Outline the processes involved in building phonics,vocabulary, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. *Demonstrate mastery of lessons content at levels of 80% or higher. *Utilize the phonemic and phonological awareness. There are five scientific concepts that elementary school children... read more

...My students feel comfortable telling me what they didn't get in class in school or from their textbook, and so we are able to address those issues right away. I like to first establish the knowledge base of my student. We then work together to build on it, with lots of practice, to expand knowledge and mastery. Pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, analytic... read more

...He would teach us how to study based on the skills he learned in medical school. Every night you should review what you went over for the day for just 5 minutes. By the time a test comes along you will have retained so much more of the knowledge from class without even realizing it. And even if more studying is necessary you should go 5 minutes... read more