Rick

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Experienced tutor in Mathematics in Interlaken, Rick offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Rick

I offer a unique combination of training and experience. I have a BS and MS in math with an undergraduate minor in secondary education. I have worked for two years as a full-time high school math teacher and five years as a university faculty member in electrical engineering and math. I had a significant career in engineering including applications of mathematics in solving real-world problems. From 2018 to 2021 I was a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, where I taught Calculus 1 and 2 (equivalent of AP Calculus AB and BC) to nearly 1000 undergraduates.

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When I work with students who need help with math I first focus on listening closely to diagnose where the blockers are. I enjoy breaking down complex math tasks to individual skills, zeroing in on those blockers and helping the student to remove them. With the blockers understood and addressed we can then build up the remaining skills to get back to the complex task that the student needs to master.

My first teaching experience was as a waterfront counselor at Boy Scout camp when I was in high school. I taught swimming, lifesaving, rowing and canoeing for six summers through high school and college. While in high school I also tutored some of my peers in mathematics. My first classroom experiences were as an undergraduate teaching assistant in mathematics at Michigan State University and as a student teacher in high school math, physics, and chemistry. After graduating from Michigan State I taught math and science for two years at a public high school (grades 8 - 12) in Australia.

I completed a minor in secondary education as part of my undergraduate work at Michigan State University. This included coursework in education and a 10-week term of student teaching in a public high school. I have two years of experience teaching full-time in a public high school and five years teaching either full-time or part-time at three different universities.

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It is important to do a lot of listening at the start of a tutoring relationship. First I work on understanding everyone's goals - parents as well as student - for the engagement. Then I use a variety of methods to identify the obstacles the student is facing that are interfering with achieving their goals. I review schoolwork and give some targeted diagnostic exercises to assess the student's skill level and also to determine the student's learning style and study practices. Based on this I start breaking down the subject matter so as to isolate and strengthen key skills. I also look at the scheduling considerations and upcoming key events such as tests in order to set up a plan that makes sense in the context of the student's school environment.

The past four years I have taught nearly 1000 college undergraduates taking introductory Calculus I and II. I have also tutored several high-school students on line in pre-calculus and calculus, including AP Calculus AB and BC.

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Perfect! A+++ tutor. Huge help for my son, who started seeing immediate improvement, grade-wise, after working with Rick. The best!
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Paul

Perfect! A+++ tutor. Huge help for my son, who started seeing immediate improvement, grade-wise, after working with Rick. The best!
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Colin

Without Rick, I would not have been able to pass Calc 1. He was reliable, informative, and more than anything personable. If you are looking for someone who can adjust to how you learn, Rick is the man!
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Colin
Without Rick, I would not have been able to pass Calc 1. He was reliable, informative, and more than anything personable. If you are looking for someone who can adjust to how you learn, Rick is the man!
Ishan

I have known Professor Richard Goldberg from the first day of my Calculus 1 recitation and have interacted with him extensively throughout the course of the semester. Professor Goldberg is organized, hard-working, caring and very kind when solving doubts/problems. An important aspect of Professor Goldberg's teaching is his availability to answer questions and provide just the right amount of structure for the course material. I personally have benefitted taking a with class with Professor Richard Goldberg and sincerely hope that his efforts as a teacher will help others too.
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Ishan
I have known Professor Richard Goldberg from the first day of my Calculus 1 recitation and have interacted with him extensively throughout the course of the semester. Professor Goldberg is organized, hard-working, caring and very kind when solving doubts/problems. An important aspect of Professor Goldberg's teaching is his availability to answer questions and provide just the right amount of structure for the course material. I personally have benefitted taking a with class with Professor Richard Goldberg and sincerely hope that his efforts as a teacher will help others too.
Autumn

It was a pleasure to work with Two Rivers Math. Richard was very invested in making sure that I understood every problem and that I was fully capable of completing every problem my own. He was very patient and took his time explaining problems to me. He also did not hesitate to explain things multiple times if I did not get it the first time around.
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Autumn
It was a pleasure to work with Two Rivers Math. Richard was very invested in making sure that I understood every problem and that I was fully capable of completing every problem my own. He was very patient and took his time explaining problems to me. He also did not hesitate to explain things multiple times if I did not get it the first time around.
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Pre-Calculus on-line tutoring: $55 per hour

Calculus on-line tutoring - $55 per hour

Longer or shorter sessions available on a pro-rated basis.

In-person tutoring - add $15 per session for travel time.

My services include up to 30 additional minutes of on-demand remote homework help per hour of tutoring, scheduled as mutually agreed by tutor and student, plus custom worksheets as needed.

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