"Hello, my name is Grant. I have received both bachelor's and a master's degrees in physics. I realized very early on during undergrad that I enjoyed not only learning but also teaching physics, so I sought out opportunities to teach throughout my education. Helping my peers figure out their homework turned into tutoring underclassmen and eventually applying for Learning Assistant and Teaching Assistant positions as I came across them. My university had a pedagogy (learning about learning) course associated with the LA program which exposed me to many different approaches and styles of learning. While these are helpful to be aware of in a classroom setting, I think this knowledge has really shined by being added to my arsenal of one-on-one teaching approaches.

My approach to tutoring is very strongly tailored to the student seeking my help. We always start by determining their current strengths and weaknesses as well as their goals. We then make an attempt to learn something new and assess how this went. If this is successful, great! If not, that is also fine because there are always multiple ways to approach a topic and I have yet to run out of them before a student has grasped a concept.

On top of needing to learn and use these tools for my own education and profession as a physicist, I have also tutored students in a wide array of math subjects. My experience ranges from helping students learn algebra for the first time to learning how to apply calculus in their college course work.

I have over a decade's worth of experience helping others learn physics. I have personally run the gamut of lab courses aimed at the undergraduate level and done one-on-one tutoring work in mechanics, electromagnetism, data analysis, and lab writing. I also have a fairly extensive background in electronics and computational work, though as of yet I have not tutored anyone in these subjects.

Please feel free to ask any questions you might have in order to determine if we are a good fit as tutor and tutee." less...