Dr.
Madeleine Gardner
CO-FOUNDER OF MGM TUTORING
Dr. Madeleine "Lynn" Gardner is the MG of
MGM Tutoring. She has taught high school mathematics
for 34 years and has taught in college for 5 years.
She is currently a professor at George Mason University
where she teaches Advanced Methods of Teaching Mathematics
in Secondary Schools. She is also a supervisor of
student teachers and teaches a workshop on the Praxis
as well as workshops on classroom management.
Dr. Gardner was born in Albany, New York and received
her bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University
in Canton, New York. She holds a master's degree from
the State University of New York at Albany and a doctorate
from Virginia Tech.
Her workbook, Praxis Made Easy, is being used
at colleges in 24 of the 29 states that require the
Praxis. Dr. Gardner is providing technical and analytical
support to the Reading Across the Curriculum Project
with the District of Columbia Public Schools and the
Consortium of Universities. She is also working with
the National Science and Technology Education Partnership
in Alexandria, Virginia. She has just completed her
second book, SAT Made Easy, which is now available
on the MGM Store.
Dr. Gardner played basketball, field hockey, and tennis
in college and has also coached these sports at the
college and the high school level. She formed, managed,
and played keyboards in the band Eskape for twenty
years and was the musical director of the Blue Ridge
Alliance of Performing Arts. She has traveled around
the world and lived for a year in Karachi, Pakistan
and a year in Kampala, Uganda. She plans to continue
traveling, teaching, and playing music and in her
spare time learn to play golf.
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Mr.
Gregory W. Martin
CO-FOUNDER OF MGM TUTORING
Mr. Gregory Martin is the GM of MGM
Tutoring. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he has
lived in Fairfax County, Virginia for 20 years.
He graduated as a valedictorian from Centreville
High School and completed a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mathematics in December of 2005 from Georgetown
University, Washington DC.
Mr. Martin has privately tutored over 500 students
in mathematics during the past 9 years and founded
MGM Tutoring with Lynn Gardner in September, 2002.
As an MGM Tutor, he tutors upper level high school
mathematics courses, selected university-level mathematics
courses, SAT preparations classes (Mr. Martin received
a perfect score on the math portion of the SAT I
as well as on the SAT II 2C math exam), GRE preparation
classes, and all levels of German. When not working
directly with students, he spends a lot of time
writing supplemental study materials.
In October 2005, Mr. Martin completed his study-workbook
entitled Trigonometry: A Study Guide for Success,
which is available for purchase on the MGM Store.
His current projects include development of a handbook
for teachers with methods of designing math tests
and worksheets on Microsoft Word as well as his
second study-workbook, for AP Calculus.
Since June 2005, Mr. Martin has been serving as
a mathematical consultant to the National Science
and Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP). As
of the Fall 2006, he is also serving as an Adjunct
Professor to the University of Virginia, Northern
Virginia Campus, and teaching Trigonometry and Precalculus
at Centreville High School, Fairfax County, Virginia.
Mr. Martin's hobbies include travel, music, and
studying foreign languages. In addition to
speaking fluent German, he is knowledgeable in Polish
and Spanish. He plays trumpet and piano and and
has aspirations of conducting a symphony orchestra.
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