53 Fremont Astronomy Tutors

...It succeeds where normal instruction fails because it is geared toward a student's particular strengths. My best experiences as a tutor have been with the students who needed me most, learning how they needed to learn. Regarding my areas of expertise, as an undergraduate I was a teacher's assistant in English, German and astronomy, a grader in Calculus... read more

...The continued improvement and success of the individual student is my true motivation. I am currently a humanities department faculty member at University of Phoenix- Oakland campus. U.S. History is my main teaching focus, but math, physics and astronomy are areas of expertise as well. I have been a lecturer at San Francisco State in several departments... read more

...Outside of the school setting, I have had a proposal accepted by NASA for inclusion of a project that was carried into space aboard space shuttle Endeavor for ten days during mission STS-108 in 2001. I also have organized astronomical star parties to educate interested persons about astronomy and navigating the night sky. Each year that I taught... read more

...in cognitive psychology, I pursued many off-major course series. Any spare time I had was allotted to those courses. I have completed extensive coursework in art history, cosmology & astronomy, and biology (specifically evolution and zoology). During school, I worked in Information Technology, stemming from a lifelong love of computers. After graduating,... read more

...My BA is in Maths and Computer Science, my PhD is in Physics, I did postdoctoral work in Biophysics, I was on the Physiology faculty at a university in Canada, and now I work in the Biotech field here in the Bay Area. My approach when tutoring is to find a way to bring the student to that "aha" moment when things become clear. Not just to become... read more