I'm Kaarel, a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Maryland. I graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Tartu and am an International Math Olympiad bronze medalist.
Aside from my teaching assistantship, I've tutored college students one-on-one in calculus, linear algebra and discrete mathematics, emphasizing conceptual foundations to build confidence and examples to build intuition.
I believe traditional math instruction is not nearly as effective as...
I'm Kaarel, a PhD student and teaching assistant at the University of Maryland. I graduated with a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Tartu and am an International Math Olympiad bronze medalist.
Aside from my teaching assistantship, I've tutored college students one-on-one in calculus, linear algebra and discrete mathematics, emphasizing conceptual foundations to build confidence and examples to build intuition.
I believe traditional math instruction is not nearly as effective as it could be. A firm grasp on mechanical foundations is not often taught, when it would enable students to think independently and become confident in their own reasoning. There are no accessible textbooks for these skills yet, and math educators are unaware of them. For this reason, my methods are "experimental" - this enables them to be effective.
