207 East Rochester Tutors

Unlike many of the tutors that appear on this site, I an not a professional teacher. I have, however, been a tutor for many years. I got my start, quite by accident, while a physics teaching assistant at the University of California. My job was to teach a freshman physics lab course. Most of the students were able to do the lab work but had problems using calculus to do their physics and math homework. One student nailed the issue as similar to taking a french literature course while trying ... ... More

Not so long ago the goal of education was to shape the thinking of younger generations so that, with solid background knowledge, they could, in turn, add wisdom to the common store. Since reasoning, interpretative, and problem solving skills are needed across the spectrum, different disciplines were interwoven and 'classics' -that is, the common pool of knowledge that had proved valuable and fertile over time- highly respected and heavily studied. All that has changed, in a misguided effort ... ... More

My name is Cheryl and I am an adult college student completing my bachelor's degree at Nazareth College of Rochester. I have a wide range of experiences that include working as a substitute paraprofessional in the Pittsford Central School District and working as a note taker for students with hearing impairments for Monroe BOCES #1 in Rochester, NY. I believe I can provide support for students in grades K-5 in the areas of English language arts, reading, math and social studies. My studie... ... More

I'm a graduate of RPI with a degree in Biochemistry/Biophysics. I have strong interest in public health and public policy. I am enrolled for my Masters in Public Health at SUNY Albany online after recently moving to Rochester. My strengths are in the physical sciences and math, but my English skills are also very strong. I have two years of substitute teaching experience, grades K-12, including long term placements in math, particularly algebra, pre-calculus, and calculus. I have been tutori... ... More

The English section of the ACT contains some tough passages, and it asks students to identify and correct a number of common writing errors. Although good writing is partly a matter of art, the ACT almost entirely ignores that fact and focuses instead on the “mechanical” skills of writing, such as spotting dangling modifiers or pronouns with an ambiguous antecedents. Whether you want to raise your score dramatically, or just figure out how to eke out a few more points, I'll help. Not only have I taught these skills to hundreds of high-school and adult students, I've also published ... More

Topics covered include (a) descriptive statistics, normalized random variable, use of the z-table, the central limit theorem, normal distribution, student's t-distribution, binomial distribution; (b)linear regression analysis, use of minitab; (c) statistical inference, confidence limits, use of z-tables, student's t-table; (d) hypothesis testing; (e) inferential statistics: chi-square, linear correlation,analysis of variance (anova), non parametric statistics. ... More