68 Somerville Astronomy Tutors

...I have worked with many students who struggled in organization and study skills. As a successful graduate from a tier one college, I am proficient in organization and time management. The only way to succeed academically is to begin studying for exams in advance without relying on cramming, and to attack any problem one may encounter in a subject... read more

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...I have also been fortunate enough to teach math to students with language-based learning disabilities and many of these students also struggled with math as part of their learning disability. I discovered two critical things that continue to inform how I work with students who lack mathematical confidence. Firstly, offering to work with them outside... read more

...am currently living in Boston and completing my PhD in Engineering Science/Medical Physics through Dartmouth College. Still being enrolled in a graduate program as a student myself, and having graduated from my Tufts University, my undergraduate institution in 2010, I am still up to date and current with all relevant math, science, and computer... read more

...In addition to fundamental concepts, the study of physics develops the ability to think mathematically, and apply mathematical methods to many problems of interest, including outside of physics. Pre-calculus is the gate-keeper course for transition to calculus, and is therefore as important as calculus itself for those intending or needing to study... read more