Vanessa Moyo, an electrical engineering major, began working at the Mathnasium of Fayetteville in December. There, she tutors elementary school students, helping them build math skills and confidence.

In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares ...

I used to focus on if they could do the math. Now I’m focused on their thinking about the math,” one teacher said.