...Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" -Andy McIntyre or Derek Bok
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” - Margaret Mead
"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army"
-Edward Everet... (read more)
...My teaching approach relies on a combination of concept discovery/derivation and a lot of practice -- teaching some of the fundamental principles and then asking the student to internalize the learning by applying it to many problem sets. To help ensure a good match with the student, I offer a n... (read more)
...I was a TA for discrete math when I was in college and graded students assignments. I taught an introduction to C++ class. and Now currently teach AP Computer Science. I am familiar with introductory coding in C++ and have materials to help students learn. (read more)
...I have taught high school for 20 years, teaching all levels of high-school and some college-level math, as well as economics. I have had much experience working one-on-one with my students and have also done some tutoring of people who were not in my classes. I emphasize deep understanding and problem-solving skills and try to make the material intuitive to students. (read more)
...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)