Mr. Daniel J.
specializes in 1-to-1 follow-up on schools' and MOOCs' online lessons · male
"Responding to the COVID-19 crisis, many closed schools are providing online group lessons. Some schools create their own lessons, but other schools refer students to Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as KhanAcademy. Regardless, most of these lessons are impersonal - they are not tailored to your student’s particular strengths and weaknesses. My tutoring (online or in-person, as you wish) more...
"Responding to the COVID-19 crisis, many closed schools are providing online group lessons. Some schools create their own lessons, but other schools refer students to Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as KhanAcademy. Regardless, most of these lessons are impersonal - they are not tailored to your student’s particular strengths and weaknesses. My tutoring (online or in-person, as you wish) provides a PERSONALIZED follow-up to such generic online lessons.
Though I work by day developing the AP Physics Exam for an internationally renowned testing firm in Princeton, I am available to tutor on weekday evenings (in-person near Princeton, but online anywhere) and weekends (in-person throughout central and northern NJ, but online anywhere).
MY TEACHING & TUTORING EXPERIENCE
• w/i a few sessions for most students, guides their independent study
• earned Master’s Degree in HS Science Education while teaching HS Biology in NYC
• developer/teacher of SAT Prep courses for college prep firm in China (Shenzhen) & educational foundation in US (Princeton)
• trains others to tutor SAT Prep
• trains Science peer-tutors @ colleges
• developer/director of Hybrid Tutoring (ie, online 1-to-1 sessions w/ an in-person follow-up available for each session) for above-mentioned Princeton educational foundation
• professional tutor in private learning centers, online, and in homes since 2006
• National Tutoring Association member
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
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, CONFIRMED BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT (I HAVE 2 MASTER’S DEGREES), HAS FOUND THAT STUDENTS LEARN BEST IN GROUP STUDY. MY TUTORING THUS SIMULATES GROUP STUDY, BUT WITH AN ADVANTAGE: MY CONTENT & TEACHING EXPER" less...
Details
fee: | $150 (for 60 min) |
travel distance: | 40 miles |
meeting type: | either in-person or online |
Contact
website: | on file |
Education and Qualifications
certified: | |
The Evergreen State College, Mech Engnrng Physics
Rutgers / University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, Masters
City University of New York, Hunter College, Masters
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Subjects Tutored |
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Biology - Calculus - Chemistry - Physics - SAT Math - SAT Reading - SAT Writing - TOEFL - ACT Reading - ACT English - ACT Math - ACT Science - Study Skills - MCAT |