Mr. Guy Desaulniers To All Instructors

Guy's educational background is in Psychology and Statistics. After graduating from the University of Connecticut he attended graduate school at the University of Illinois in Psychology. During that time he was a TA and an Instructor at the University of Illinois. A lecturer presents to a class but a TA works with students one on one. Subsequently he worked in the business world for many years.  As a manager he was extensively involved in training, to the point that his company had a nickname DesMac U because of the emphasis on training.  He has for the last 10 years worked as a tutor at Discovery Learning Institute. His emphasis has been in math and test preparation.  Test prep, in addition to math, includes English, Reading and Writing. Teaching Philosophy: Like most teachers his philosophy of education is a Socratic approach. He is trying to help the student figure out the answer on their own. Fortunately this is much easier to do in a small group, such as a co-op class. We all remember information that we have discovered on our own much more easily than when we are “zoning out” while we listen to something. Of course information does need to be presented briefly. But then the emphasis is on practice and integrating the material into one’s thinking.

As a final note he will mention that he generally believes that math is easy for most students. Problems arrive from a couple of sources: The way we communicate about it, the vocabulary and notation, and the cumulative nature of the knowledge. He does his best to be watching for those issues and thus minimize the the barriers to a student’s success.

Current Classes
Algebra I – (open)
Algebra II – (open)
Math Tutoring – (open)
Math Tutoring – (open)
PreAlgebra – (open)