Math Mastery Tutoring & SAT Prep
Math Mastery Tutoring & SAT Prep is a private tutor serving Tucson, AZ.
About Math Mastery Tutoring & SAT Prep
Math Mastery Tutoring & SAT Prep is a private tutoring service serving students in Tucson, with sessions conducted through Zoom. The practice focuses on building math skills, confidence, and long-term understanding. Its website identifies Charry Stover as the tutor, and describes an approach centered on helping students move from "I can't" to "I can" through clear explanations, steady practice, and individualized support.
Stover brings more than 18 years of experience in one-on-one math tutoring and more than 15 years of classroom experience teaching computer-related subjects. Her academic background includes a B.A. from Purdue University, earned with Highest Distinction and membership in Phi Beta Kappa, along with an M.A. from the University of Windsor in Canada and an M.A. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. The website also describes her early connection to mathematics in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she grew up near Purdue University.
Math Mastery works with students across a range of subjects and levels. Offerings include math fundamentals, Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, pre-calculus, university-level college algebra and pre-calculus, homeschooling support, SAT Math Prep, and beginning computer programming logic. Stover also provides group tutoring for students taking the same class, as well as group SAT preparation. Groups can include up to six students, according to the website.
The tutoring process begins with explanations broken into small, manageable parts and presented at a pace suited to the individual student. Stover notes that sample problems should begin easily before becoming more difficult, and that an explanation useful to one student may need to be adjusted for another. Practice is paired with feedback, including encouragement for correct answers and correction with further explanation when an answer is wrong. Students may receive additional problems so that concepts can be practiced until they are mastered. Regular weekly sessions are encouraged as a way to provide focus, diligence, and accountability rather than relying only on last-minute homework help.
SAT Math Prep is a particular interest for Stover because the test includes both direct content questions and problems that work like small puzzles. She describes these questions as opportunities for students to combine different concepts while developing analytical, logical, and creative thinking. The broader goal of tutoring is not limited to improving a current grade. Math Mastery also emphasizes careful and methodical work, stronger mathematical intuition and logic, critical thinking, and the ability to approach problems from more than one angle. Testimonials published on the site describe students gaining confidence, improving grades and test scores, and retaining what they learned. One testimonial comes from an administrative director at Desert Sage High School, who wrote that a student's geometry understanding, math skills, and reasoning improved through working with Stover.
Since the COVID pandemic, Math Mastery has provided tutoring through Zoom, allowing Stover to work with students in almost any time zone when scheduling permits. The website notes that she has worked with students on both the West Coast and East Coast, as well as in Spain and South Africa. Tucson students can begin by contacting Stover to discuss their needs and ask questions. Depending on the student's goals, tutoring may involve individual instruction, weekly sessions, group work, SAT preparation, or limited help with specific homework problems when availability allows.