"Hello! My name is Rebecca and I am excited to help some students in their journey towards mathematical mastery!

I graduated from USC with a Bachelor's in Math and a Master's degree/teaching credential in Math education. I have taught high-school math for the last 11 years (3 years in Pomona, and 8 years in Irvine.) I have also taught at the Community College level. My high school teaching experience includes the following subjects: Algebra I/II, Pre-Calc, Geometry, Math I/II/III, AP Statistics, AP Calc AB, FST (Functions, Stats, Trig.) At the community college level, I have had experience teaching Elementary Statistics, Elementary Algebra and Pre-Calc. I am fully qualified to instruct on any mathematical level up through Calc AB, but I have had the most experience with Geometry, Algebra, Statistics and Calc. I have had great success teaching both AP Calc AB and AP Statistics and helping students to pass those exams.

My teaching method is to fully explain the "why" behind the concepts, and to tie all concepts into the "big picture." As a teacher of over 11 years, I have found that one of the pitfalls of tutoring can be when the tutors talk students through every problem. It is much easier for students to perform a problem when watching a problem done for them or being prompted with the first, second steps etc. However, when it comes to an exam, those same students will often struggle on their own. It is therefore imperative that students can independently analyze and critically think through various types of the same concept. I will therefore ensure that all of my tutoring sessions involve a fair amount of time where students are working through problems completely independently to then be checked by me. If they need my assistance at any point along the way, then we will simply mark that problem as one that they need to return to and try again on their own. In this way, students can begin to build confidence in their mathematical proficiency in knowing that they can solve problems completely unassisted." less...