Chris J. Chan
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- School: West Valley College
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- Department: Mathematics
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Location:
14000 Fruitvale Ave
Saratoga, CA - 95070 - Dates at West Valley College: January 2013 - May 2014
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Biography
West Valley College - Mathematics
Content Lead, Mathematics at zyBooks
Education Management
Chris
Chan
Austin, Texas
I'm a seasoned educator, traveler, and hiker. With ten years of experience in the education industry, my expertise include online teaching, instructional technology, content development, and curriculum design.
As a mathematics content developer, I utilize a unique mix of technical skills and deep subject matter knowledge to develop an engaging and immersive set of online learning tools light years ahead of static content from traditional publishing companies. My previous positions include teaching mathematics at several colleges and universities, leading after-school enrichment programs, tutoring in various STEM courses, and writing strategy guides for standardized tests.
Having traveled to over 60 countries while working at the same time, I bring my natural curiosity, motivation, and discipline to every project I'm involved with. My exposure to many cultures has endowed me the requisite soft skills to effectively work within a team, whose members come from different geographical locations and functional backgrounds.
I received a Master of Arts in Mathematics at San Francisco State University. In the second year of my program, I was awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (NSF GK-12) program.
Specialties:
Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, Moodle, Angel
Online Homework Systems - MyMathLab, WebAssign, xyzhomework, WileyPlus
Programming Languages - Matlab, R, Python
Markup Languages - LaTeX, XML
Computer Algebra and Geometry Systems - Maple, Mathematica, Geogebra
Publications:
Linear Algebra
Fundamentals of Data Analytics - R/Python
Statistics for Data Analytics
Experience
Zenith Tutoring
Academic Coach
• Tutored students in a wide range of subjects which include, but are not limited to, calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry, and the mathematics section of the SAT.
• Successfully led a software project that involves extracting college admissions data from several publicly available databases and building a web application that generates a list of admissions and standardized testing requirements for any given college.
• With the company director, developed various scripts and programs that include a web application that handles client information and generates invoices.
• Co-authored a 94-page guide on the quantitative section of the SAT.zyBooks
Content Developer
• Write clear and concise mathematics content, with interactive learning questions and animations.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to develop and improve interactive tools.
• Review material authored by other content developers.
• Evaluate technology solutions for internal use.zyBooks
Content Lead, Mathematics
• Provide direction to content developers in math.
• Create assignments and distribute workload.
• Manage day‐to‐day workflow within content team.
• Establishing work deadlines for the content team and coordinate completion of activities.
• Coordinate with the Director of Content and Director of Partner Solutions to deliver customized content for partner institutions.
• Evaluate technology solutions for internal use.zyBooks
Contractor
Chris worked at zyBooks as a Contractor
Gavilan College
Adjunct Instructor (Mathematics)
• Taught the following courses: First Half of Precalculus (Fall 2012, Fall 2014), Second Half of Algebra (Spring 2013), Algebra I (Spring 2015), and Algebra II (Spring 2015).
• Participated in a WestEd control group study on the efficacy of augmenting instruction with Khan Academy resources in boosting student learning outcomes.West Valley College
Adjunct Instructor (Mathematics)
Taught the following courses: Applied Calculus (Fall 2012), Plane Geometry (Spring 2013), Elementary Algebra (Spring 2013, Fall 2013), Elementary Statistics (Spring 2014), Arithmetic Functions (Spring 2014).
Evergreen Valley College
Adjunct Instructor (Mathematics)
• Taught the following courses: Geometry (Spring 2012), Basic Mathematics (Spring 2012, Fall 2012), Basic Math Skills (Fall 2012), Trigonometry (Fall 2012, Spring 2013), Pre- Algebra (Spring 2013), Elementary Algebra (hybrid, Spring 2014), Precalculus Algebra and Trigonometry (online, Summer 2014).
• Provided supplemental instruction to students and assisted student tutors at the Math and Science Resource Center (MSRC).
• Participated in a Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) funded program that involves a supplemental instruction model with a dedicated tutor and a control group study.
• Developed and taught online and hybrid courses.
Education
University of California San Diego - School of Extended Studies and Public Programs
Certificate
Data Mining
Courses taken: Data Mining I (Basic Methods and Techniques), Data Preparation for Data Mining, Data Mining II (Advanced Methods and Applications), Data Mining III, and Introduction to R Programming.San Francisco State University
Master of Arts (MA)
Mathematics
My masters thesis involves analyzing existing theorems on self-bijections of affine n-spaces over finite fields induced by the tame automorphism subgroup and extending them to rings more general than finite fields. In particular, I obtained a complete characterization of the evaluation map of the tame subgroup over reduced rings. My project also involved a major computational component involving Sage, an open-source mathematics software based on Python, and concluded that the surjectivity of the evaluation map depends on the characteristic of the ring. Courses taken: Probability and Statistics, Real Analysis, Modern Algebra, Advanced Linear Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Numerical Analysis.Dalhousie University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Mathematics
Courses taken: Discrete Structures, Matrix Theory and Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Numerical Computing, Probability, Cryptography, Game Theory, Abstract Algebra, Complex Variables, Optimization, Analysis.
Publications
Linear Algebra
zyBooks
Fundamentals of Data Analytics
zyBooks
Statistics for Data Analytics
zyBooks
Linear Algebra
zyBooks
Fundamentals of Data Analytics
zyBooks
Statistics for Data Analytics
zyBooks
Linear Algebra
zyBooks
Fundamentals of Data Analytics
zyBooks
Statistics for Data Analytics
zyBooks
Linear Algebra
zyBooks
Fundamentals of Data Analytics
zyBooks
Statistics for Data Analytics
zyBooks
