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Teaches online
Teaches Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Age: 5+
Teaching since 1976
Ph.D. Physics
Math BS, PhD and postdoc in Theoretical Physics
I practice patience and a perfectly positive attitude toward my students, striving to not judge others. In sessions, concepts are explained clearly if there is a need. Otherwise, practice is the focus. Active learning is best in any subject. Teaching strategy in test taking is beneficial to many students.
I want to help students learn problematic material. Beating the fear of success is possible through sustained small successes. The only real teaching/tutoring goal is to teach a student everything the teacher/tutor knows so that the teacher/tutor is no longer necessary.
Learning technical subjects requires problem solving. Learning math also require significant practice to by-pass rote memorization, develop speed in problem solving, and develop intuition.
Instructor details
Location:
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
3 PM-5 PM
Tuesday
1 PM-5:30 PM
Wednesday
1 PM-5:30 PM
Saturday
2 PM-2:45 PM
4:45 PM-9 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
60 minutes
$50
About Peter D.
I have a past total of about 4 years of part-time tutoring experience in St. Louis, MO for a private company and, in Edwardsville, IL for SIUE. I have additionally about 1.5 years of part-time and periodically full-time experience (2016 - 2017) with online or primarily online tutoring employers. I began this tutoring business in June, 2017, which has been a full-time job.
I have a B.S. in Mathematics (SIUE), an all but thesis graduate work toward an M.S. in physics (SIUE), an M.A. in Physics (Wash U STL), and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (Wash U STL). I also have a postdoctoral fellowship in Theoretical Physics in Germany (Universitaet Tuebingen, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik – Department of Theoretical Physics) in my background. I am two classes away from completing an M.Ed. in Secondary Education/Mathematics (UMSL), but it is now too late to complete it.
As an adjunct professor, I taught introduction to statistics, physical science, and college physics. I am a former teaching assistant or teaching fellow in physics during 5 years in graduate school.
I am a former part-time software engineering consultant using C++ for a US industry in PA (2019). Also, in industry, I have 6.5 years of professional experience as a programmer/software engineer. I have 12 years of professional programming experience in a scientific research lab at Wash U School of Medicine in St. Louis. Through my dissertation and postdoc, I have 5 years of FORTRAN programming experience. At Wash U School of Medicine, I have 8 years of part-time UNIX system administrator experience. The programming languages C, C++, FORTRAN, python, and Java; the operating systems UNIX, Linux, and Windows; and the shell scripting language bash, and sh are my computer specialties.
I am an author or co-author on about 40 refereed journal articles and about 40 refereed journal abstracts.
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Experience
tutor
Aug, 2014 - Presentvarious
tutoring math, physics, and computer science through many different companies.
Models and Simulation Programmer.
Mar, 2013 - Jul, 2014Alatec Inc.
C++ programming
Software Engineer
May, 2008 - Feb, 2013CGI Federal
Software Engineer supporting weather and radar systems.
Staff Scientist
May, 1998 - Apr, 2008Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Research, programming, and unix systems administration in a heart rate variability lab.
Education
B.S. Mathematics
Aug, 1974 - Aug, 1978Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Ph.D. Physics
May, 1982 - Dec, 1991Washington University in St. Louis
M.A. Physics
Aug, 1980 - May, 1982Washington University in St. Louis
Languages
German
Limited Proficiency
Peter's Gallery
Instructor details
Location:
Teaches Online
Teaching Hours
Monday
3 PM-5 PM
Tuesday
1 PM-5:30 PM
Wednesday
1 PM-5:30 PM
Saturday
2 PM-2:45 PM
4:45 PM-9 PM
Times are shown in your local timezone (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Pricing
60 minutes
$50
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