Michal B.

I'm a math tutor with the ability to make students understand math at any and all levels. I firmly hold to the philosophy that everyone can do math. My approach involves testing the waters, initially, and figuring out what methods work for an individual student.

I am currently in school, training to become certified as a grade 7-12 math teacher. I have had extremely high levels of academic success in every math class I have ever taken, along with perfect 800's on both the SAT and GRE math sections.

I am confident that any student would make significant progress studying with me, and my psychology major also makes me sensitive to individual issues that might arise, such as test anxiety. I am gentle and kind, but have high expectations that my students achieve success in math.

Above all, I find math to be fun and exciting, and I like to try to instill that enthusiasm in my students!

Michal's Subjects

Math:	algebra 1, algebra 2, calculus, geometry, prealgebra, precalculus, SAT math, trigonometry
Music:	sight singing
Test Preparation:	SAT math
Language:	Hebrew
Corporate Training:	Hebrew
Homeschool:	algebra 1, algebra 2, calculus, geometry, prealgebra, precalculus, SAT math

Algebra 1

Algebra can seem like a scary subject at first. Many students find themselves feeling intimidated by the introduction of letters into equations, and struggle with the concept of a function as a graph.

Michal can break down these ideas into simple concepts that are easy to visualize, allowing your child's creativity to shine through in solving difficult challenges.

Algebra 2

Building on the concepts from algebra 1 and the knowledge of shapes and solids, algebra 2 will teach your child how to apply the rules of the spatial world to the coordinate plane.

When applying the idea of secants and tangents from circles to a graph of a function, students might need guidance in conceptualizing what exactly they are doing. Michal will bring out a genuine understanding, so that by the time your child completes the course, he or she will be ready to tackle Trigonometry... Read More

Prealgebra

With the movement from the simplicity of four functions into the idea of properties of those functions, many children might feel lost. Rather than being asked to follow a process that can be accomplished by counting physical objects, they now have to develop a deep understanding of the rules governing how numbers can be manipulated.

Rather than using memorization, Michal takes an "understand the idea at its core" approach. If a student knows the basic premise behind an idea, it can... Read More

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Education

Wellesley College New York University (Master's)

Very Happy to have Michal! — Michal is very relaxed and encourages thoughtful approaches to the problems. The typical Math tension doesn't exist in her sessions, and my son is learning and not frustrated! I think Michal is a great Math tutor!

— Faith from Rye, NY

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