I have several years of tutoring experience in the life sciences including biology, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology at the high school and undergraduate level. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Sports & Exercise Sciences from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences from Regis University.
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...a interest for research and have done that extensively. What has kept me sane and focused throughout all of this is dance. I started dancing during elementary school and am now a part of Wreckin' Raas, a Texas A&M national dance team. Dance has always served as an outlet in which I can make the rules. Not only does it help me escape from the pressures of the academic world but also it allows me...
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My name is Warren and I'm graduating from Furman University in May. I have four years of teaching experience and specialize in biological and chemical sciences in addition to Spanish, which I've been speaking for over 10 years. In my free time I enjoy reading medical literature, taking photographs, and traveling.
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I have MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron, Ohio. Currently, I am doing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. In my teaching experience, I have learned how to address the student's doubts in a class and keep them engaged. I have also dealt with the students who were struggling in the class and I helped them to stay motivated by giving them the best concepts.... Teaching is the best...
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...students, for example in after school chess programs. I particularly enjoy working with physics students. I am majoring in both physics and math, but I was a physics major first. I think the best way to improve your understanding of math or physics is through practice. I encourage students to work through as many questions as they can and bring me what they don't understand or need clarification on. Outside of work I enjoy chess,...
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...in their science courses. Outside of this, I volunteered my time to help students who were struggling in the upper level courses I was taking. I love science and medicine and I love teaching students to understand and appreciate how cool science can be. I believe that once you understand the concepts and how they fit into the larger framework, it makes memorizing a lot easier and it gives you the command of the material...
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I graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 after which I spent 6 months in South Korea teaching English to middle and elementary students. Currently, I am a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County primarily doing research but also tutoring undergraduates. ... Bringing a calm, relaxed attitude can take the fear out of learning a new and complicated subject.... To start, it's important to...
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...and now, I feel like I am in a position to offer others an insight into these subjects that I wasn't given. I've found that one of the best ways to introduce students to a new subject or idea is through motivating examples or real world problems. I prefer not to give students the answer, but gently lead them to it, so that in the end they gain some satisfaction in reaching the answer by...
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...formulas, but learns how to navigate a topic confidently and gracefully. This method of teaching lends itself well to Physics. Memorizing a formula will only help you solve a few problems, but understanding the physics behind a certain phenomenon can help you realize the solution method to a wide range of problems. I enjoy helping students form this kind of understanding. When offered a series of guiding questions, the student is allowed to come to...
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...to virtual tutoring through Florida Virtual School where I tutored over 150 hours in Pre-Calculus, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and Chemistry. I love to teach because it lets me share my enthusiasm for mathematics and science with other students and helps me get a deeper understanding of material that is useful for my higher level mathematics and physics courses. As a tutor, I break down complicated problems into manageable concepts so students can gain...
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...able to craft and implement lesson plans designed for individual students, as well as facilitate group sessions. I have experience teaching Supplemental Instruction at Auburn University, where in addition to lecture materials, I provided study skills and academic success strategies to my students. I am a National Merit and National Hispanic Scholar, and I received a full Academic Presidential Scholarship plus stipends at Auburn. I consistently score well on standardized tests, and I am able...
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...I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Physics. I have been tutoring since the age of 17, and I enjoy tutoring and mentoring so much. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about Math and Physics. Education is like a tool helps us to improve the quality of life, and I try to do my job very well. In my spare time, I enjoy playing...
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...designed and taught Precalculus, AP Calculus and SAT Math Prep courses in a private high school in New Jersey. Many of my students got scholarships from major U.S. universities. One of them even got a perfect score in SAT Math the following year and enrolled in Duke University. Until I recently received my Ph.D., I continued to be involved in teaching activities as lecturing and tutoring college students for more than five years. I taught...
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I have helped several college students through challenging chemistry, physics, and biology courses. After graduating from the University of Michigan, I have been spending most of my time doing research. My research projects have ranged from molecular biology, biochemistry, and computational biology to applied chemistry, nanomaterials, and algorithm development. I think that I have received enough experience not only to be an expert in these fields, but also confidently share my knowledge with my students.
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...Standardized test preparation, we find the time spent on the Math portions to be the most enriching with results. T.H White once claimed 'Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.' I hold similar values to T.H White with respect to the learning process. There is always something to learn, and the best way to accomplish this is to immerse one-self in the subject. Through continuous repetition and exposure, problem solving skills will...
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...help students reach that feeling often over the course of the semester, and even over the course of a session. After I began teaching, I found students certainly benefit from a skilled and committed teacher. But not nearly as much as they can from a skilled tutor. The content knowledge and methods of teaching skills / content can be focused to meet the individual student in a way that it simply can't in a full...
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Hello, My name is Erik Dassoff and I hold a master's degree in Food Technology from a leading Dutch University. I also have a strong academic track record, having all A's throughout K-12 and my undergraduate degree. I enjoy problem-solving in math and science, but also enjoy applying it to useful real-life scenarios. I look forward to meeting and working with you! Cheers, Erik
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...be a very difficult task. I enjoy teaching others math and physics through techniques which I believe are simple and straightforward and also supply a vast amount of examples through past homeworks and exams that I have accumulated over the years. I have had a lot of success with my students and try to keep myself available 24/7 for any questions they might have through texting and email, especially when it comes close to their...
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...have gathered in high school, college, and the college application process to the next generation of students. I have a passion for math and science, and I want to share my excitement about these topics with others. Whether I am tutoring someone who shares my passion for these subjects and wants that extra edge, or someone who is struggling with the concepts, I want to help students strive to be the most successful and thoughtful...
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...preparation. In the past, I have helped students achieve significant improvements and success on the SAT, SHSAT, Regents and other exams! I truly believe education is a mutual learning and teaching opportunity and enjoy helping my students achieve a thorough understanding (those "Aha!" moments) and appreciation of whatever they choose to study! In the future, I seek to pursue clinical and pedagogical medicine and enjoy biking, skateboarding, dancing, and philosophizing in my spare time.
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International Baccalaureate (IB) Physics SL follows a curriculum designed to challenge even the brightest students by asking them to apply their developing skills in many distinct ways. Like most physics curricula, students learn about phenomena such as Newtonian mechanics, electric currents, and various types of forces and fields. In addition, they also design and critique experiments and hypotheses, and complete group projects. These concepts and assignments allow students to better understand the interpersonal communication necessary in today's scientific community.
Perhaps unlike other physics courses, IB Physics SL asks students to demonstrate their knowledge in a cumulative exam format using short-answer questions as opposed to multiple-choice answers or solely numerical answers. Thus, students must understand class material not only enough to calculate a correct answer, but to explain the logic and reasoning that goes into each step of their calculation process. Answering such questions adequately requires a great deal of mental effort and thus a similarly significant amount of preparation. The difficulty of such short-answer questions can be unnecessarily compounded if students do not completely understand class material when it is presented in class, and are forced to review in a panicked manner before their exams. Working with an experienced tutor who has succeeded in his or her own IB Physics SL course can drastically simplify the learning process, saving a student a lot of time, energy, and stress.
IB Physics SL tutoring can provide you with such guidance and help you attain the level of content mastery you need to excel on your IB Physics SL exam. No matter which particular physics topics you find confusing, a personal IB Physics SL tutor can address those concepts and help you patch any weak areas in your understanding of class material. Your tutor can customize your IB Physics SL tutoring plan to focus on just the areas in which it would most benefit you to improve your knowledge. This approach also means you will not be asked to waste time demonstrating your understanding of material you have already mastered.
Your tutor's consideration of your personal strengths and weaknesses can help him or her select focused exercises that challenge you without seeming overwhelming. Since all tutoring takes place in a one-on-one session, your tutor can provide feedback on your work as you go. Face-to-face online instruction and in-person sessions are available, depending on your availability and flexibility. Tutors are accommodating, knowledgeable, and generally have professional experience so that they are able to effectually meet you where you are academically. Moreover, old concepts will not be revisited. Instead, only new concepts and materials will be covered. Certainly, by the end of your tutoring sessions, you will come away with a better understanding and appreciation for IB Physics SL.
By asking you to explain your thinking and critiquing your responses, your tutor can help you develop the skills you will need to provide answers on your IB exam that not only arrive at a correct answer, but also are well reasoned and adequately explained in every step of your problem solving. If you are having trouble in your IB Physics SL course or suspect that you do not fully understand some of the material being taught, take advantage of tutoring services. Do not wait until you need to start reviewing for your exam to find assistance, or to seek help in challenging questions, and unfamiliar concepts. Instead, save yourself unnecessary stress and anxiety by working with an experienced IB Physics instructor. The educational directors at Varsity Tutors would be happy to provide you with more information about the personal tutoring options available in your area or to begin scheduling your first session today!
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Recent IB Physics SL Tutoring Session Notes
For our first lesson, I wanted to gauge the student's strengths and weaknesses while at the same time getting to know him. We went through the material on his old exams to make sure that he understood all the problems he got wrong. After going through that, we did some basic review of certain topics such as memorizing tricky equations, tricks for setting up problems, factor labeling, etc. He quickly corrected any shortcomings he had on his previous exam during this review, and it showed that he really learned from his mistakes. For the remainder of the session, I let him ask questions about topics he found challenging that we hadn't covered.
Today we continued to review calorimetry, both electrical and thermal. He had questions with dimensional analysis, so we spent some time today reviewing the method employed in the curriculum and the units that they use. We have another scheduled session for Tuesday night and I will be bringing him large amounts of review material for his quarterly test on Thursday.
We reviewed for her midterm and covered thermal processes, optics, Brewster's angle, polarized light, optically active substances, cone/rod cell function and location in eye, and simple harmonic motion.
We began to do overviews and practice problems for the upcoming exams in May. We started with mechanics equations and graphs, and next week we will be reviewing forces and force diagrams. I will be providing test level practice problems to the session.
We went over some notes and assignments that she had already done but needed to make sure she understood, like a review. She had mentioned she had a quiz tomorrow over position vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs along with free fall, kinematics, and projectile motion. So we went over questions that were on those topics. I feel that she should be good for the quiz. I will find out more next week about her grades thus far.
During this session we focused on frequency and wavelengths for harmonics. We looked at how find the relationship between wavelength, harmonic, and the length of the tube for a tube with one end closed and a tube with both ends open. Based on this we were able to discuss ways to find frequency if you are given the tube length, the speed of sound, and the harmonic. We also looked at how to find the highest frequency when given a range of possible frequencies. We also looked at how frequency itself is related to the fundamental harmonics and how for a double open tube each resonant frequency is a multiple of the fundamental. We discussed how we could use this knowledge to find the fundamental given two consecutive resonant frequencies.
