BENEFIT FROM MY TEACHING & TUTORING EXPERIENCE

• earned Master’s Degree in HS Science Education while teaching HS Biology in NYC
• developer/teacher of SAT Prep course for college prep firm in China (Shenzhen) & educational foundation in US (Princeton)
• professional tutor in private learning centers, online, and in homes since 2006
• National Tutoring Association member

BENEFIT FROM MY SCIENCE EXPERience

• scored 100% on general Science content knowledge test required to teach any HS Science in NJ
• trained mechanical engineer (Physics)
• former biomedical researcher (Biology & Chemistry)
• developer of AP Exam Prep (Physics)   iPhone app for educational software firm
• trained as MCAT (Physics & Chemistry) instructor by a national test-prep firm

Initial Location...................................public space determined mutually

                                               (home-tutoring available after 1st session)

Service Area.................................. Eastern PA –  central NJ – NYC

Rate for Individual or Entire Group (4 student max).............$180/hr

Subjects.......AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Biology, MCAT Prep, SAT Prep

Session Length for AP……………2 hr

Session Length for MCAT….……2 hr 

Session Length for SAT………….1.5 hr

Try Us Out:  Schedule an hourlong 1/2 price introductory session

Tutor's Methods for AP Science: 

My tutoring facilitates coordinated study of the course textbook w/ both a prep book for the exam (SATII or AP) and your class notes. Simultaneously, the tutoring integrates problem-solving and the concept-mastery it requires. The structure of this tutoring/studying enables students to simultaneously enhance, assess, and apply their own understanding. I strongly suggest such an intensive study during the Winter Break. For the rest of the year, your student will continue @ a lower intensity w/ this independent study. As you wish, I will continue to help in this independent study. It is crucial to the student’s learning that the study be independent, however. I would be just a guide and offer hints.

For Physics & Chemistry, I’ve found the most effective tutoring method, and efficient use of tutoring session time, to be guiding students' solving of quantitative problems. This helps students over conceptual hurdles that tripped them up when they attempted to solve problems assigned in their school course. Such guided independent study via guided problem-solving is thus the core of my Physics & Chemistry tutoring.

For Biology, which has few quantitative problems, I've found the most effective tutoring method to be bifurcated, requiring 2 modes of study:
1. acquisition (mostly through reading of the AP text while I pose strategic questions)
AND
2. quality-check of study (mostly through answering multiple choice questions using my "honesty method" and answering interactive questions in a study guide)

The above methods prep students for the Science (Physics, Chemistry, or Biology) AP Exam's FRQ section.  During Spring Break, and until the AP Exam, my tutoring preps students for the Multiple Choice section of the AP Exam, for which the conceptual foundation enhanced above is necessary but not sufficient.  The conceptual foundation is insufficient because test time is limited. Thus, during Spring Break, my tutoring concentrates on practicing strategies for answering Multiple Choice questions.  For Biology, my students also practice writing the Essay. (Again, the conceptual foundation enhanced prior to Spring Break is necessary but not sufficient for the Essay.)

Educational studies, and my own experience as a student (I have 2 Master’s Degrees), have found that students learn best in group study. My tutoring thus simulates group study, but with an advantage: my content expertise & teaching experience enable me to ask students critical concept-revealing questions.  I then subtly guide the students in their answers. 

Other Service Offered to Regular Tutoring Students:
• Immediate Homework Help (Physics, Chem, or Bio) via Skype/phone

Contact Dan Jetter: 917 215-3298   or   dan@OnCallTutor.org