Math with Ms. Woodruff
Empowering students through mathematics education
Student-Centered
Group & Individual
Math Tutoring
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Rigorous Mathematics. Meaningful Connections.
My passion is changing the way my students understand their abilities and value - using math as a conduit - and improving the relationship my students have with mathematics, academics, learning, their communities, and themselves.
Students will Develop
Whether math-related or not, most problems require persistence to solve well.
Persistence, not inflexible
stubbornness. Students will practice stepping back, recalibrating, and trying again, better - and reframing mistakes as helpful steps in the process.
Persistence and
Perspective
Students will do more than memorize: they'll be
making connections between different representations of problems, establishing what a problem is asking, determining an answer and its meaning, and seeing its ties to related topics.
Deep Conceptual Understanding
Problem-Solving Strategies
Students become skilled in versatile and creative approaches that they can apply when solving any problem, not only problems that are familiar.
Content-Driven Skills
In advanced math classes, many new problems incorporate previously-learned skills, and students will need to apply those skills quickly and accurately.
(This is also what quizzes and tests generally assess.)
An important part of the learning process is recognizing, celebrating, and building on strengths. In doing so, students have evidence that they are indeed capable and can move forward with confidence.
Earned
Self-Confidence
Thank you for your positive energy and helpfulness!
You have made a lot of math concepts finally click in my mind.
- Serena W
Ms. Woodruff, you have been the best support system and educator a student could ask for.
11/10 !
- Josh B
Thank you for your never-ending patience and seeing something in me even when I couldn't see it in myself.
- Deena A
I learned more from you in the short amount of time that we spent together than in all four years of high school math.
- Julie M
