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Longer thoughts on learning math and on choosing a tutor. I hope they're useful, whether or not we ever work together.
On tutoring
- What makes a tutoring session work: what the tutor and the student each bring.
- Group tutoring: when it works
- When tutoring isn't working: effort, honesty, and the best compliment a tutor can get.
- Why I tutor instead of teach
On choosing a tutor
- Choosing a tutor or a tutoring center: what to ask and what to watch for.
- Why tutoring rates vary so much
- Why Statistics costs more
On math itself
- The concept drives the computation
- The concept of equality
- Permutations and combinations, with two problems to try.
- The tortoise and the hare
- A note to students thinking about college