James M.

• Palmer Lake, CO 80133 ( 29.3 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male Age 81
• Member since: 08/2015
• Will travel up to 30 miles
• Rates from $15 to $25 /hr
• On-line In-Home In-Group
• Also Tutors: Writing Skills, Homework Help

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Over 40 years experience as a computer technician and system safety engineer for companies such as Microdata,Beehive International, RCA Service Company, Lockheed Martin, United Space Alliance. I have troubleshoot and repaired computers, printers, CRTs, Fax machines, tape and disc drives. I have performed system safety engineering tasks on the US Space Shuttle at KSC, JSC, and the MSFC.
show and have student(s) repeat - then give real world assignments to see what student(s)have retained.

Meagan K.

• Castle Rock, CO 80109 ( 34.2 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Female
• Member Since: 06/2011
• Will travel up to 20 miles
• Rates from $50.00 to $55.00 /hr
• Also Tutors: Writing Skills, Typing Skills, Study Skills, Homework Help, Continuing Education

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I volunteer for HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar) every year. This program pushes facilitation, which is what I strive to do. I like to try to facilitate and push my students to ask questions and talk to me as a peer. I always try to give at least three compliments to every criticism because students are often too hard on themselves. For some reason, most of the students I have worked with have had an English teacher along the line who has made them feel "stupid." It is amazing what boosting confidence can do! I like to understand where students are coming from and what their specific needs are so I can address them in a way that best fits their learning style and experiences.
I began working with children who were diagnosed with autism my first year of college (I did this for 7 years). I felt a sense of accomplishment as I watched them grow as people. I realized ... read more

David F.

• Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 ( 38.2 mi )
• Chess Tutor

• Male
• Member Since: 11/2010
• Will travel up to 10 miles
• Rates from $41.00 to $48.00 /hr

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The keys to learning physics and mathematics consist of 1) understanding the general principles, 2) relating the principles to familar experiences and 3) extensive practice applying the principles to problems of increasing difficulty. With my extensive problem-solving experience, it is easy for me to develop interesting scenarios which students can relate to. Then I follow up with relavent problem sets to reinforce the concepts.
I have 40 years of experience applying my scientific education and interest to both solving real world technical problems as an applied physicist and teaching mathematics, physics, computer science and computer programming. For 17 years at the Hewlett Packard Co, I enjoyed teaching technical and computer classes to customers and internal employees while providing on-demand analytical problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills to identify and eval ... read more