"I have been tutoring both high school and college students for 30 years. At the university level I have taught technical math, college algebra, precalculus, business math, calculus, and symbolic logic. I also taught SAT math preparation classes at a private college preparatory school. I have a BA in Mathematics (Southern New Hampshire University), an AB in Economics and Philosophy (University of Georgia) PBK, a MA in Philosophy (University of Georgia) and a MA in Mathematics (Appalachian State University).

For math students: My special areas of teaching expertise include factoring, traditional algebra word problems (e.g., motion, mixture, coins, work), logarithms, sequences and series for precalculus, trigonometry, trigonometric limits, related-rates, optimization, l'Hopital's Rule, Riemann sums, u-substitution, trigonometric integrals, trigonometric substitution, partial fractions, sequences, series convergence tests, mathematical induction, proof-discovery strategies, and formal proof writing.

For logic students: My special areas of expertise include effective truth-table construction, truth trees, "Fitch" style proof systems (intelim rules with scope lines) , the natural deduction software products called "Fitch" and "Carnap," techniques for constructing proofs, translating English into symbolic code, basic set theory, categorical syllogisms, and Existential Graphs.

I approach mathematics more as an art than a science. Math as an art means that it is a skill perfected by practice--an "activity"--not a spectator sport. An analogy may help clarify this point: Learning mathematics is more like learning how to play tennis than it is like learning the facts of U.S. history. This approach affects my tutoring in that I try to find ways to improve the student's skills in solving problems both correctly and as efficiently as possible.

When I am not tutoring, I am often either studying chess tactics or writing books to help math and logic students. I have several books that are available on Amazon." less...