MCATPhysicsTutorVideo

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www.rdoman.com/mcat THE MCAT PHYSICS TUTOR

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WHO WE ARE Robert M. Oman with years of teaching experience and emphasis on developing “problems that teach.” Daniel M. Oman who has taught many students preparing for the MCAT exam Between us we have three active titles MCAT students find helpful: How to Solve Physics Problems Physics for the Utterly Confused Calculus for the Utterly Confused

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OUR EXPERIENCE Selected to write the Physics Chapter in the prestigious 2011 Barron’s MCAT Prep Guide Taught MCAT Physics Prep Courses Prepared problems for the actual MCAT test  Taught many students preparing for the MCAT test

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WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU Provide review/discussions for each topic on the test (and we know what topics you will encounter) Provide over 70 audio-visual tutorials Work our unique teaching problems that you can repeat over and over until you understand the procedure Provide you with over 450 worked problems And these are the problems we know from experience are typical of those you will see on the MCAT test Provide sample tests, correction and explanations

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Several more are available free at www.rdoman.com/mcat The short discussion of Work and Energy is typical of the material on each topic. Notice that there is a little section, highlighted in green at the top of the page, that discusses how this topic might appear on the exam. First look at a typical discussion/review.

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This way we teach concepts and how to do problems in the same tutorial. As the visual slides progress showing the appropriate steps in the problem, the audio explains why the problem is being done that way and gives hints to better understanding and how to avoid common mistakes. The following screen shots are from a tutorial. Complete samples are available at the site. The MCAT PHYSICS TUTOR site contains over 70 audio-visual tutorials on key concept oriented problems.

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First the problem is stated and diagramed

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The concept is developed in the context of a problem

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And finally the problem is solved

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Mot11 Linear Motion ( a and initial v ) A motorcycle with constant acceleration covers 90 m in 6.0 s. Its speed at the end of the 90 m interval is 20 m /s. What is the acceleration and initial velocity? Use the equation for average velocity. Now use the equation for acceleration. Some worked problems, such as this one, are simple concept oriented problems

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Our teaching problems use a show/hide approach where you can check your progress through a problem before going on to the next step. This approach is much better than just asking you to do problems with given answers. As an illustration we use a problem in reflection and refraction. The statement of the problem and the prompts are the following

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On clicking the show/hide button the diagram appears.

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Clicking the next button reveals the reasoning for the angle of reflection

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Clicking the final button shows the calculation of the angle of refraction The angle of refraction is from Snell’s law.

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THE MCAT PHYSICS TUTOR www.rdoman.com/mcat FOR MORE MCAT PHYSICS TUTORIALS GO TO THE WEBSITE BELOW