...Maths with my students, running Math Counts contests at the state level, helping to create the end-of-year high school math contest for my state, and many others. I believe that although algorithmic thinking and deductive reasoning is critically important in mathematics, so are conceptual thinki... (read more)
...I've played chess since I was young, then on my high school and college teams. My online rapid rating on chess.com is around 1400. I have taught a course to introduce students at my school to chess. (read more)
...I first take the time to understand what is troubling each individual student. Then, I provide step by step examples that students can use to try other problems. Along the way, I ask students questions to see how much of the information they are absorbing. (read more)
...With a bachelors in mathematics, a robust background as a high school math teacher specializing in algebra and geometry, and a successful five-year career as an actuary, I blend real-world experience with educational expertise to make learning math not just effective, but exciting! My approach i... (read more)