Evan
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10+ years of tutoring

Evan

Bachelors, Physics Colorado State University-Fort Collins
  • After I graduated from high school I decided to study history education at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
  • In the last year of my undergraduate study I started working as a physics tutor for the department.

About Me

Two years later I realized my passion for physics and transferred to Colorado State University in Fort Collins to complete my Bachelor of Science degree in physics there. After graduating, I made the decision to take a personal year away from academia before I went to graduate school. During that year I moved to Chicago Illinois with my girlfriend and continued to tutor. I now am working on my masters in nuclear engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Aside from being a tutor I enjoy my time with friends playing board games and trying all the new restaurants that I now find myself in the vicinity of. I love ice hockey and all things outdoors; especially biking, hiking, and skiing. My passion is nuclear fusion so I take a very practical approach to tutoring math and sciences.

Hobbies & Interests

Ice hockey, board games, biking, hiking, movies, physics, ancient history

Education

Bachelors, Physics - Colorado State University-Fort Collins

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Q&A with Evan

The key word here is confidence. When a student is struggling in a subject, they can begin to feel very incapable and unmotivated. No one wants to do something which they are certain they will fail at. I try to build confidence in two ways. First I will always give praise for answers done correctly. Second, I try not to use the words "that's wrong". Instead I will tell a student that I understand why they would put that answer -- it's a common and easy misunderstanding -- then I would present an alternative way to think about the problem. I find that getting a student's mentality to switch from "I'm a failure" to "the subject is hard but I can do it" does wonders for keeping them confident and engaged.
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