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Math with Peter D.

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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.

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    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 - Present

    various

    tutoring math, physics, and computer science through many different companies.

    Models and Simulation Programmer.

    Mar, 2013 - Jul, 2014

    Alatec Inc.

    C++ programming

    Software Engineer

    May, 2008 - Feb, 2013

    CGI Federal

    Software Engineer supporting weather and radar systems.

    Staff Scientist

    May, 1998 - Apr, 2008

    Washington 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, 1978

    Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

    Ph.D. Physics

    May, 1982 - Dec, 1991

    Washington University in St. Louis

    M.A. Physics

    Aug, 1980 - May, 1982

    Washington University in St. Louis

    Languages

    German

    Limited Proficiency

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