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Bruce Alan

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Spencer

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Spencer

« Bruce gets back to you right away and he is a wealth of knowledge. He is very helpful and a great teacher. »

$80^/h

1^st lesson free!

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Lessons offered by Bruce Alan

Individual
In group

The lessons will be held

at your home

Taught subjects

Academic tutoring
Creative writing
Test Prep

Levels

Elementary School
Middle School
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Advanced Technical Certificate
College
Adult Education

Academic tutoring & test-prep / anywhere on Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk counties)

Methodology

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn: B. S. Mathematics
Polytechnic university: PhD candidate, Physics (X-Ray Diffraction Crystallography)
State University of new York at Stony Brook: postgraduate studies in Computer Science

Adjunct Associate Professor (Mathematics & Computer Science)
at Suffolk County Community College and five other colleges

Background

Private tutoring: Academic subjects, including mathematics, sciences, geography, history, and writing.

Test-prep: Techniques for raising scores on "standardized tests" such as SAT/PSAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc. (as well as Regents, AP, GED, ASVAB and Civil Service exams).

Tutoring Approach/Experience
APPROACH:
I focus on understanding of the concepts and developing the student's ability to solve problems -- rather than tedious drill and temporary memorization.

EXCELLENCE
1. I get results! (Demonstrated score improvement, passing courses, raising grades, etc.)
2. Knack for establishing good rapport with each student.
3. Focus on understanding concepts and developing skills and strategies to solve problems.
4. Also, my ability to make things understandable, in writing and in discussion.

Rates

Rate for a 1-hour lesson. : $80/h

Lessons offered by Bruce Alan

Individual

In group

The lessons will be held

at your home

Taught subjects

Academic tutoring
Creative writing
Test Prep

Levels

Elementary School
Middle School
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Advanced Technical Certificate
College
Adult Education

Bruce Alan's resume

EXPERIENCE:
30+ years college teaching, plus private tutoring in academic subjects and "test-prep" techniques. Also taught and/or managed many employee-training programs. Developed curricula for training programs, civil-service exam preparation courses, etc. as well as for after-school science clubs and summer camps.

My professional career was primarily in software development and management, at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL), Grumman, Robotic Vision, American Science, and other Long Island companies, and as a software consultant and website developer.

I am also a professional writer, with thousands of pages published, and I currently host two weekly radio shows on a local radio station. Since my early retirement from BNL in 1999, I have increased my teaching and tutoring, as well as my professional writing and radio-broadcasting activities.

Reviews on Bruce Alan

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Spencer

Bruce gets back to you right away and he is a wealth of knowledge. He is very helpful and a great teacher.

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Customized curricula for employee training...

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