I have a BS and most of an MS in Computer Science. This was very heavy on the math. I was a professional math and science tutor for four years at a community college. I primarily tutored adults, but tutored some high school students as well. I taught English in Taiwan to elementary school students for eight years.

I primarily use the Socratic method of leading questions to connect new learning to what they already know. If I think the student mostly knows how to do the problem, I will ask ...