Gefry Barad

http://www.geocities.com/gbarad2002 [email protected]

3501 Saint Paul Street, Apt. # 136

Baltimore, MD 21218

 

Education

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania | 10/1993 - 6/1997

� B.S.in Mathematics , University of Bucharest, June 1997 GPA:3.9/4.0

 

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD | 9/1997 - 5/2002

� Teaching assistant and graduate student

tuition fellowship

� M.A. in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, May 1999

� Ph.D. Program in Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University-1997-2002

 

Employment Experience

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore , MD | 9/1997 - 5/2002

teaching assistant

� I taught Linear Algebra and Calculus 2 &3

� July 15th- Aug 10th 2000�Lancaster, PA Center for Talented Youth. Instructor .

JHU-Center for Distance Education, Baltimore, MD | 9/2000 � 9/2001

� I tought Algebra courses. I solved medium software problems and I kept the records of 150 students.

Additional Experience

 

University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania | research project

� In 1995 and 1996 I trained, with other professors, the Romanian team for International math contests.

Awards

� 1990 & 1992 First Prize at the National Math. Contests (Romania)

� 1992 Gold Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiads (Moscow)

� 1993 Gold Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiads (Istanbul)

� 1993-1997:University of Bucharest fellowship .

� 1997-present:JHU dept. of math tuition fellowship.

 

I had the honor to be an instructor for the Putnam Problem Solving Course. I had the great responsibility and the honor to be a Summer Instructor for Calculus I, Summer �2002.

 

Teaching Statement

 

I started teaching in 1996, at a small high school in Bucharest. Since 1997 I have been a Teaching Assistant at the Johns Hopkins University. During these 6 years I have accumulated significant teaching experience, by interacting with systems and students having different mathematical backgrounds and abilities. These interactions all strengthened my belief that the most important factor in successful teaching is the existence of mutual respect in the teacher �student relationship.

 

I try to develop logical and analytical skills that my students can use in their future: ability to identify and extract relevant information, to construct simplified models for complex situations, to understand and sustain a logical argument.


I believe in collaborative and interactive learning. Successful classes are ones in which students are actively involved and are provoked to think.

 

I support the use of technology in teaching mathematics. I think it is beneficial to use calculators for complicated or lengthy computations, for graphing phase diagrams or plotting surfaces; for these purposes, I encourage the use of computers.

 

 

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