...Seven years later, I received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics and kept combining teaching with research. Just before moving to the Boston area two years ago, I held lecturer positions at Santa Clara University and De Anza and Gavilan Community Colleges in California. In the Boston area, I recently received a lecturer position at Merrimack College. (read more)
...In college, I taught math and computer science as a teaching assistant. In addition, over the years I have done one-on-one math tutoring to middle-school and high-school students. My teaching approach relies on a combination of concept discovery/derivation and a lot of practice -- teaching some... (read more)
...Although I enjoy knowing about our government I feel the need to spead that knowledge for I believe as Jefferson did that
". . . whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that, whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be r... (read more)
...I have taught algebra 2 many times-- at the standard and the honors level. I have written a 300-page workbook on the subject that I used in my classes. Algebra 2 is a very important class, as it provides the foundation for much of calculus. (read more)
...In the IB curriculum, I've taught MYP and all levels of DP maths; and in the AP curriculum, I've taught Calculus AB, BC, and AP Statistics. My students have always scored extremely well (the average of all my students' AP scores over the years is around a 4.8 out of 5). My greatest satisfaction ... (read more)