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Why Principia Tutoring exists
Most physics tutoring works like a second classroom: re-teaching the same material, just slower. We built Principia because decades of research show a better way.
Dr Ashutosh Pathak spent his PhD at The Open University asking a single question: why do capable students get Newtonian mechanics wrong, even after being taught it well?
The answer, confirmed across thousands of students at UK universities, is that students carry stable, predictable misconceptions that standard teaching rarely addresses.
Before research, Ashutosh taught physics in the classroom, holds UK Qualified Teacher Status, and served as a Head of Department.
Principia Tutoring is the result: a tutoring practice built on diagnosis before instruction, evidence before opinion, and measured progress before reassurance.