...I believe that math is something that should make sense, not a bunch of steps to be blindly followed, & that students are right when they say that traditional mathematics education is boring, useless, & altogether arbitrary. Math doesn't have to feel this way! When students truly understand, it... (read more)
...After my Ph.D., I taught as a physics professor at Earlham College for one year, and then as a physics professor at Kansas Wesleyan University for five years. Besides physics, I have taught many math courses (from College Algebra through Discrete Math) and computer science courses (Introduction ... (read more)