Lee H.
Private tutor in Ridgefield, CT
Education
BA, New College, 1985 MS, Physics, University of California, 1989
Experience
I have been providing students with patient, responsive, and insightful math, science, and test prep tutoring for over 16 years. I have over 20 years of teaching experience with a focus on conceptual clarity and individual and small group teaching. I have excellent communication skills, good rapport with students, excellent personal test scores, and a solid record of student success. I have: achieved perfect personal scores in all of the tests I tutor, including perfect scores (800/800) on each section of the SAT, Math, Reading and Writing, as well as the Math 2 and Physics Subject Tests; achieved a perfect score on the Praxis Math Content test for high school math teachers, corresponding to the 99th percentile; advanced degrees in physics with many hours of graduate level math study; tutored the SAT through three versions; over 16 years of tutoring and high school and college teaching experience including work with a prominent high-end Manhattan test prep firm where I revised SAT math teaching materials and trained new tutor recruits; strong rapport with my students, a highly developed ability to assess understanding and diagnose problems in real-time, and a strong record of student success.
Subject Expertise
AP Calculus ABAP Calculus BCAP Physics 1AP Physics 2: Electricity and MagnetismAP Physics 2: MechanicsCalculus 1Calculus 2Calculus 3Differential EquationsMultivariable CalculusPhysicsPSAT MathematicsSAT MathSAT MathematicsSAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2SAT Subject Test in Physics
Availability
Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 45 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
I enjoy reading historical math and science texts to see how the originators of the concepts we study presented their ideas for the first time - often more clearly than our present-day textbooks! I enjoy sports and the outdoors, drawing and painting, and am a wannabe jazz pianist.
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