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Math with Matt Z.

4.5
(12)
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Teaches online
Teaches College
Age: 18+
Teaching since 2016
B.S. Physics

    Cultivate mastery in college mathematics with the guidance of a physics/mathematics graduate

    I'm most experienced tutoring any first and second year college math subjects (excluding discrete math, never took that one), but can also help with more advanced subjects like numerical methods, calculus II & III, ordinary differential equations, and linear algebra. For online sessions, I typically share my screen and pull up a digital whiteboard, while referring to electronic texts, snipping useful excerpts and pasting them alongside the steps of example solutions. You can come in with problems you'd like help with, or we can figure out where to start together, pulling problems from textbooks and other electronic resources. Feel free to come in unprepared! (Currently only accepting students age 18 or older. If booking for an adult other than yourself, please do so through the account they will be using when logging in to attend lessons).

    Instructor details

    Location:
    Teaches Online
    Teaches Online

    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Tuesday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Wednesday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Thursday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Friday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Saturday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Sunday
    1 PM-10 PM
    Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
    Pricing
    45 minutes
    $18
    60 minutes
    $24
    90 minutes
    $36
    120 minutes
    $48

    About Matt Z.

    4.5
    (12)
    I find no greater joy than helping others reach those "ah-ha!" moments while solving math and physics problems. I'm grateful for any opportunity to help someone achieve their academic goals. It's important work! (Currently only accepting students age 18 or older. If booking for an adult other than yourself, please do so through the account they will be using when logging in to attend lessons.)
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    12 Reviews
    Kenneth
    Online
    This is a late review Matt is an amazing tutor he take this time and with you so you can fully grasp what your trying to do
    Posted Mar 17, 2024
    Amy
    Online
    Matt was once again super helpful and knowledgeable!
    Posted Feb 17, 2024
    April
    Online
    Very poor communication and very poor business ethics here. At first on 2/2/2024 Matt told me he works with students on the platform “Discord,” which I knew nothing about yet still checked it out because I needed tutoring in pre-calculus for a 4 year university. Even though the site Discord specified the user to purchase a monthly subscription, I was told it was “free.” 2/7/2024 I did purchase 10 tutorial sessions with Matt, and the system put me in for the next three years. This is not what I needed, I told him to cancel anything after the 10 lessons. Matt said it was no problem, now that I purchased 10 lessons, he would change it so I could manually select my dates and times. Matt also told me his schedule was “pretty free, open every day of the week from 2pm -10pm and he had openings on 2/9/2024” When I responded I would like a tutorial lesson on the 9th his response was to me was that I would have to get tutored on Sunday, which I already have a lesson at 4pm. I want to point out the lessons have to be confirmed by the tutor. Matt did not confirm the lesson at Sunday. When I asked him if there was anything open on Friday, he didn’t even know there was my lesson on Sunday. Hmmmmm something doesn’t sound right. Out of the blue without me receiving any notice, my 4pm tutorial lesson was cancelled for Sunday at 4 PM. I additionally had a lesson scheduled for 6 PM on Tuesday, February 13. At this point, Matt was not communicating with me at all and I find that very unprofessional. I also find it unprofessional that he didn’t confirm or deny the 6 PM tutoring time., it had the nerve to send me a message at 6:43pm, 43 minutes after our scheduled time to tell me, he couldn’t tutor me. I find completely unprofessional that this so-called tutor strung me along when I needed to work on my math. I’ve come to the conclusion that Matt falsely identified himself as a tutor on the Take lessons website. Additionally, I have come to believe that Matt is not qualified to tutor a 4 year college student in pre-calculus or calculus. I find this experience to be very poor communication, fraudulent, a waste of time and money as well as a misrepresentation of what can be offered. This tutor is still advertising. They are available, yet strung me along for weeks saying they would be available and canceled and never confirmed my appointments. Very poor service!!
    Posted Feb 17, 2024

    Experience

    Undergraduate Researcher - Theoretical Nuclear Physics

    Aug, 2015 - May, 2017

    University of Idaho Department of Physics

    • Participated in weekly meetings with theoretical physicist to discuss aspects of chiral perturbation theory of nuclear forces and computation of related quantities. • Edited, compiled, and executed Fortran scripts on weekly basis in university database using PuTTY. • Developed information outlining test and computation parameters and corresponding results for meetings. • Documented and presented findings and conclusions in mathematical terms to physics department colloquium

    STEM Tutor II

    Feb, 2020 - May, 2022

    College of Western Idaho

    • Engaged in directed give-and-take discussions on math and physics concepts to facilitate and augment adult student learning • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills and correct weaknesses. • Integrated technology into sessions to further enhance student learning. • Helped students prepare for college math placement exams.

    Quality Control Laboratory Technician

    Feb, 2019 - Aug, 2019

    Arkema

    • Mastered over fifty unique analytical chemistry procedures to determine purity of organic peroxides and precursors at a fast pace throughout the intermediate and final steps of manufacturing processes. • Managed laboratory data using LIMS and SAP. • Resolved malfunctions in high-performance instruments. • Collaborated with engineers, operators, and administrators to troubleshoot production problems.

    Undergraduate Researcher - Experimental Solid State Physics

    Aug, 2016 - May, 2017

    University of Idaho Department of Physics

    • Participated in regular meetings with physicists and graduate students to discuss aspects of research and experiments. • Independently investigated effect of silica nanosprings' anisotropy on wavelengths of incident light using microscopy and spectroscopy. • Applied optics theory to predict effects of nanospring anisotropy and identify parameters for experiment design. • Identified notable reproducible effect after working with large sets of measurement data, wrote report visualizing findings.

    Education

    B.S. Physics

    Aug, 2012 - Dec, 2018

    University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

    Certifications

    Basic Level Tutor Training

    Feb, 2020

    National Tutoring Association

    Accredited six hour workshop covering fundamentals of tutoring. Provided in-person by College of Western Idaho.

    Online Tutor Essentials

    Apr, 2021

    West Virginia University

    Tutor Essentials

    Oct, 2020

    Purdue University, College Reading and Learning Association

    https://tutormatchingservice.com/tutorprofile/14643/Matt.Zeller (I only take current College of Western Idaho students on this site)

    Languages

    English

    Native Proficiency

    German

    Limited Proficiency

    Private Lessons

    • 1:1 lessons with a trusted instructor
    • 300+ subjects to choose from
    • Meet online or in person
    • Free on-demand videos and articles