
Dwight
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Dartmouth College - Bachelors, Engineering Sciences
Graduate Degree: University of Pennsylvania - PHD, Electrical Engineering
SAT Math: 730
Music, astronomy, audio
Algebra 3/4
College Physics
Electrical Engineering
High School English
High School Physics
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
In a first session, I will ask the student to tell me what they are having trouble doing. Then I will ask to see the course syllabus, the text, and the assignment that is proving to be difficult for the student. I will ask the student to begin working the problem so I may see where progress slows.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
By developing the student's confidence in their ability to analyze and set up problems, they will learn that they have the ability to proceed more independently.
What is your teaching philosophy?
For solving math and physics problems, I try to build on the approach the student has already internalized--unless clear difficulties in using that approach are foreseen. If the student is starting off in the wrong direction, questioning in a Socratic way will help the student think more clearly about the structure of the problem and a method for its solution.