2,202 New York Computer Programming Lessons

...I have helped a ninth grader take a 60 average at midterm to the upper 90's by the middle of the second term. My style is to use multiple techniques to explain concepts which are not evident to the student. I have worked with students who are differently-abled, and have gained from this experience. I passed the PhD prelims as a junior and was a... read more

...I often emphasize solution techniques that avoid doing real Math, but instead are test-taking tricks that solve problems much more quickly than a direct mathematical solution; however, sometimes the only solution available is a direct and mathematical one. In all cases, I have not encountered a problem I was not able to solve. I have served as a... read more

...In graduate school, I received an A+ in modal logic, which emphasized first-order modal proofs using semantic tableaux. Part of my 14 years of experience in software development was spent designing and coding an online document delivery system for scholarly journals. Most of the code was written in Perl. In addition to completing NYU's certificate... read more

...My methods are such that I try to find a way to relate the material to the student's specific background. I have been told on many occasions by students that my method is superior to methods used by other tutors/teachers, because it helps them achieve what they previously could not. I have 8+ years of programming experience. I also have a bachelor's... read more

...For me it is both a form of SEEING as well as a form of THINKING. During my architecture education, I learned that developing drawing skills is a way to develop SEEING skills. Those who have not developed the habit of looking around them and then trying to translate what they see in the world to a 2D surface, as pencil to paper, do really possess... read more