Computation
Run the tool
First, fluency. When the method is already known, you execute it cleanly and confidently — here, solving a two-step equation without hesitation.
One-on-one math tutoring
From pre-algebra to algebra — built so you don't just get the answer, you know which tool to reach for and how to bend it. Come curious, leave confident.
01The method
Most programs stop at computation — running a procedure you've been handed. CRA climbs two rungs further: Computation → Recognition → Adaptation — from getting the answer, to knowing which tool the problem needed, to bending that tool to something you've never seen. One tool — two-step equations — climbed three ways.
Computation
Run the tool
First, fluency. When the method is already known, you execute it cleanly and confidently — here, solving a two-step equation without hesitation.
Recognition
Know which tool
which tool?
The skill most programs skip: looking at an unfamiliar problem and recognizing which method it actually calls for — before you run anything.
Adaptation
Bend it to the new
“A ride is $6 plus $2/mile. You paid $14 — how far?”
Then transfer. Take the tool somewhere it wasn't handed to you — a word problem, a real situation, a twist — and adapt it until it fits.
We climb all three on every topic — from the first worked example to a far-transfer problem you've never seen. That's the difference between getting the answer and owning the idea.
02The thinking
Most programs drill one procedure at a time, so a student can run a method but freezes when the problem doesn't announce which method it wants. The skill that lasts is recognizing which tool a problem calls for — and that's what we train, every session.
We rewind as many times as it takes. The goal is understanding, not getting through a worksheet.
Sessions follow what's actually confusing you that week — homework, a test, or a topic that never stuck.
Every concept ties back to something you can picture, so the rules stop feeling random and start making sense.
03The path
We start wherever you are and build up — no gaps left behind.
Pre-algebra
Algebra
04Start here
First session is a free, no-pressure intro — we just figure out where you are and where you want to be. Send a note and I'll get back to you.