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David A.

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Birmingham, AL 35222

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Member since:03/2009

Rates from $45 to $55

Will travel up to 20 miles

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Experience Summary

I completed all course work for a masters of physics at University of Alabama at Birmingham, only lacking the thesis. G.P.A. at the end of the course work was 3.65. Along the way, as I finished the graduate course work (and in order to pay the rent) I did ad-hoc tutoring with a number of undergrad students along with a more formal semester of 'coaching' a class of undergrads in their regular physics class. This entailed going over problems with them, showing them how to correctly formulate solutions. On top of this, I worked, formally, as a graduate teaching assistant for 2 years, and I taught in the Birmingham public schools (high school level) as a physics teacher. All told, quite a lot of teaching involved with all levels of students.

Teaching Style

My teaching style is easy to describe; I consider myself a 'coach' and as such I don't (and wont) give the students the answer to a particular problem, but rather I show them how to (and hold their hand, metaphorically, while they struggle to) find the answers themselves based on first principles, in my experience the only way to get them to really learn. Learning physics is particularly difficult for most students because they have been trained to memorize, not reason things out logically. They usually require a LOT of coaching in order to begin to think, which ultimately is the goal of all physics class.

Credentials

Type Level Year Title Issued by
Degree Bachelors 2000 physics Wayne State University

Subject Commentary

All Subjects I Tutor

  • Algebra
  • Algebra I
  • Algebra II
  • Calculus I
  • Calculus II
  • College Algebra
  • Earth Science
  • Elementary Science
  • Geometry
  • Math
  • Physics
  • Pre-Algebra
  • Pre-Calculus
  • Science
  • Trigonometry