Philosophy Grad, Chess Coach, Autodidact, & Learning Expert
Greetings! I'm Lance; thank you for visiting my page. I studied philosophy at Benedictine University after taking a long break from schooling and learning to study. My teaching style reflects my primary area of research. Brute memorization accomplishes little genuine understanding. Instead, my approach encourages pupils to think through, question, and process information. That sort of questioning promotes understand of the subject. Facts are useless without systematization—it's only when...
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Lance has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 3 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.
chess 101 with Mr Patient
Poor Lance, we know nothing about Chess! So he has his work cut out for him. He pretty much started from the very very beginning. Thank Goodness he is so patient. My son learned how to identify the parts and how each part moves. Looking forward to more lessons :) Ps my son is 9 years old . I am happy he is that nice about it.
La, 1 lesson with Lance
Lance helped me tremendously!
Lance helped me tremendously with two important assignments and my grades have improved a lot. My Philosophy instructor wrote to me: "This was one of the best papers I've graded so far." I would highly recommend utilizing him.
Joseph, 10 lessons with Lance
Very patient!
Very patient and listens well! Really helped me with my logic homework, as well as following questions that I had.
Tayler, 2 lessons with Lance
Very patient easy to understand
Lance breaks things down so that they are easy to understand. He was very patient and helped me on parts that i could not quite grasp. I will be looking to use Looking to use Lance's knowledge in the future
Brian, 5 lessons with Lance
Fantastic Tutor!
I would highly recommend Lance to be your tutor!! He is patient, flexible, and very supportive! His explanations are very clear and he is great at breaking things down into understandable terms!
Elle, 1 lesson with Lance
Great First Class
Had alot of fun losing to Lance lol, definitely showed me some stuff in just the first hour. Excited for my second class.
Tony, 2 lessons with LanceTutor responded:Some of your chess skills are definitely above the 1000 ELO level you currently hold. In learning about your weak-points and developing conscientious chess habits, your rating will improve and, sooner or later, you'll get the better of me in a game.
Professional and friendly.
I am a much better student of Logic because Lance was a great teacher. In addition to being intelligent and professional, Lance is friendly and kind. He is patient with me as I take my time formulating answers and typing. When I mess up an answer, he is understanding. He helps me see my mistake. I enjoy my learning with Lance and our conversations around Logic and Life.
Colleen , 10 lessons with Lance
Essay writing improvements
We have just started working with Lance to help my son (a freshman in HS) improve his essay writing skills. We appreciate the depth of knowledge Lance is bringing to the meetings and his questions to help our son work through how to write better essays in short time periods. We recommend Lance’s skills.
Christie, 29 lessons with Lance
Great teacher, very knowledgeable
Lance has helped my son expand his knowledge and understanding of philosophy. He was very patient with going over each topic, in order for my son to retain and verbally reiterate the lessons learned.
Christina, 12 lessons with Lance
Knowledgeable and great tutor
We were very nervous initially because the subject was extremely difficult. Lance talked with us and calmed us down he listened to me about the urgency and probably understood. Sasha felt very comfortable with him and I would recommend Lance to everyone he has the knowledge of the subject but, he is very understanding and teaches in a calm manner with great pride. Thank you for helping my daughter, Lance.
Monika, 2 lessons with LanceTutor responded:Thank you very much! Sasha is very bright and made quick progress on the parts of the subject with which she originally struggled. I suspect she will continue to improve and will achieve very high marks in the course.
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