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Teaching calculus vertically!
Let me begin by saying that I am not a scholar of mathematics education, but like many colleagues, I find myself teaching a calculus course for first-year university students. In particular, students ...
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What are good strategies to teach mathematics course to MSc students who have average knowledge of previous concepts?
I am teaching a course to MSc mathematics students at a university. This is my first time teaching. Due to online teaching in their undergraduate courses during Covid, the level of the students is ...
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How could I improve my explanation of parameters and parametric equations?
I'm covering parametric curves this week. The way I explain the difference between a variable and a parameter is that a variable has both changing values and changing meaning (like the x or y axis on ...
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chaining implications and equivalences in proofs
I have a question (more of a "sanity check") regarding the interpretation of proofs one often encounters, particularly in university-level courses where proofs are written on blackboards. ...
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I want to teach someone number theory in details starting from the beginning. How shall I start?
I want to teach my younger brother about the topic "Number Theory". How shall I start to teach him ? He is currently at class XI. For example, I will start with some basic concepts like Real ...
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Should I apply for teaching assistance given my situation?
I'm a Master of Science Student and I'm really interested in mathematics and thinking about math problems. In my university, one of the courses for the first semester undergraduate students is ...
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Finding a Linear Algebra reading topic
I'm looking for a linear algebra topic to assign to a group of undergraduate engineering students who are not majoring in mathematics. The assignment should meet the following criteria: The topic ...
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Emphasizing the decreasing condition in the Integral Test or in the AST (in Calculus II): is it worth the time?
The title is basically the question. But I guess I should expand a little. For the background, I'm teaching at a large public university in the US. Out student body is mixed in terms of their ...
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What are pros and cons of requiring students to create their own math questions, and what are some tips to make it work well?
I will teach a special class of 10 high school students who are aiming to study math at top universities. The purpose of the class is to increase students' interest and ability in math. There is ...
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Should I choose Cox-based Jaynes' approach or Kolmogorov approach to base myself on to teach probabilities to high-school students?
I am planning to become a math high-school teacher and have the following question: What Probability Theory should I base myself on to teach probabilities to students ? The classical approach is via ...
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Do you think with the advent of Desmos/GeoGebra, the Moore Method is more accessible to high school?
When I was a grad student, I taught a Calculus I course during the summer. Somehow I came across Robert Moore and I ended up reading his book which I connected with. Rather than being a great student, ...
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Speed math appropriate for middle-school students
There are many "rules" for speed arithmetic. List of some reference links showing speed methods or rules: https://ofpad.com/multiplication-tricks-for-mental-math/ https://ofpad.com/mental-...
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highschool's mathematics journal which citable in Google Scholar
I'm a high school Mathematics teacher and I want to issue some research articles for highschool students to improve their math problem resolve skills. Is there any valuable Math journal for high ...
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A Question about Answer Keys
I am a HS math teacher and just started a job that adopted a new curriculum at the last minute. It gave us the tasks but did not provide any answer keys. Of course, I know how to work through the math ...
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What evidence is there in the literature that lessons geared towards dyslexic student help non-dyslexic students?
Dyslexic students sometimes benefit from informal analogies to things in the world which the student can see with their eyes, and/or touch with their hands. Tentatively, we can conjecture that ...
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