Dr. Conrad Lotze, PHD

Dr. Conrad Lotze is a former High School and college-level Mathematics professor.  He has seven years of High School math and stats teaching experience, a half dozen years of college math teaching; and dozens of years of one-on-one math tutoring under his belt.  His bachelor’s degree was in Mathematics from William & Mary; and his MA was in Mathematics Education from WVU.  Conrad then earned his PhD in Mathematics Education from American University in 2002, with his doctoral dissertation entitled “Online Mathematics and Statistics Tutoring: Effectiveness and Implementation Issues.”

Conrad has held a tenure-track position in Mathematics Education at Towson University, where he taught future teachers how to teach math. Dr. Lotze has been a math student, a math tutor, and a math teacher for much of his life.  His teaching philosophy includes the belief that all students can learn; but that not all students learn in the same way, nor at the same pace.  This idea pervades his tutoring approach as well, as he takes the time to understand where students’ struggles come from, and seeks to address any prior learning gaps before moving on to new material.  If a student does not grasp a particular concept, he is adept at presenting it in multiple ways, so that it eventually ‘clicks.’

Conrad believes that the use of the honorific “Doctor” can create an artificially formal barrier in learner relationships, and so, requests that folks simply address him as Conrad.