75 Gaithersburg Astronomy Tutors

...I have more than 30 years experience at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in studying and modeling the physics of the Earth's Atmosphere/Land/Ocean System. I taught Pre-Calculus, which included some Pre-Algebra, at the Undergraduate level at the State University of New York at Purchase. I taught Pre-Calculus at the Undergraduate level at the... read more

...I am especially good at theory and practice of Algorithms ("The Dynamic Weighted Adjustment Computation of Repeating Leveling Networks with Rank Deficiency & Its Program" was published, and the program was widely used). I learned ALGOL60 computer programming language in 1979 during my undergraduate studies, and was able to do adjustment computations... read more

I believe that tutoring should be done with a goal in mind. It should be a choice that the student makes not the parent and should not be a stressful event. I enjoy working with teenagers and I also enjoy science and math. I teach thinking skills, organizational skills, and help students learn to ask for what they need to succeed. I have an undergraduate... read more

...While I enjoy teaching and reading all realms of literature, I've always most enjoyed working with the Classics still presented in middle school and high school curriculums-- Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Twain, Verne, Lewis, Tolkien, Shakespeare, Homer, and others including Greek, Roman, and Norse mythologies . Ever since I was a young student, English... read more

...While in college, I was on the Putnam Intercollegiate Math Competition team for 3 consecutive years, and won several math competitions. I had a 4.0 GPA in math as an undergraduate (graduating with more than twice the number of required credit hours in math). I also obtained a perfect score in Computer Science (20 out of 20) while a student at the... read more