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How to choose the school for practising teaching?
I have worked with mathematics and physics in a university and I have taught on several courses.
I recently applied to a teacher education program to get formal qualifications for teaching at highschool level to become a better teacher and to…
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Counterexamples to "stable digit" theory of error estimates
When covering issues related to error estimates in a calculus course, students find the technique of making estimates (definition of limit, Newton's method, numerical integration, remainder formula for power series) quite difficult even in basic…
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Open Education Resources
We will be hosting an Open Education Resources workshop at the college where I work. I am one of the two faculty that uses OERs and was asked to speak about the pros and cons of using OER.
What textbook alternatives have you already tried? I am…
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Resources on interdisciplinary curricula
As I try to incorporate more history, science, language, computing, and art into my math class I keep finding the lessons to be very successful and my students always seem to enjoy them. While I know a fair amount about computing and science, I do…
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Mathematics dictionary use for English Language Learners
My class is composed of international high school students coming from different countries and backgrounds. Hence different skills and needs. Our lingua franca is English and it is important to note that, in my school, no student (and actually,…
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How would introductory classes change if they didn't need to be taken by non-mathematicians?
I read an article the other day about how physics professors have to teach their introductory classes in a somewhat old-fashioned manner. This is due to pressure from the other departments (other sciences, engineering, computer science, etc).
This…
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Interesting Math Posters
Our undergraduate university department is looking to spruce up our rooms and hallways a bit and has been thinking about finding mathematical posters to put in various spots; hoping possibly to entice students to take more math classes. We've had…
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Logarithm Tables - How were the values reached?
I'm teaching an Algebra II/Trigonometry class that is currently working on logarithms as the inverse function of exponential functions. Now, to keep their interest I had them struggle for a few minutes with $2^x = 10$ and trying to solve it. Trying…
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Name the heuristic: exploiting the legitimacy of the questioner
As a child, I made frequent use of a particular 'trick' in order to make short work of many different problems. The general form is to be presented a question which wants a definite (numerical) answer, where the question statement contains a free…
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Where do you find math tasks?
What the title says. I got my degree in math last year and now I'm working on a master's independent study project through my education department finding math tasks for K-12 curriculum aligned with the common core standards. These could be tasks…
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Teaching functions/mappings early
Functions and mappings are usually introduced late in the curriculum, and functions of arity two or more are considered "advanced" (many don't even see them before college).
On the other hand, the concept of a mapping ("the dogie gets a bone, the…
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What math courses should be taught to undergrad electrical engineers: a 40 years update
I was browsing IEEE xplore the other day and found this gem called "What Mathematics Courses Should an Electrical Engineer Take? A Report on the National Study of Mathematics Requirements for Scientists and Engineers" by G.H. Miller. dated 1970. I…
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How can inquiry-based learning be used in a college classroom?
I am not an expert on inquiry-based learning, but it seems to be a useful teaching technique to use in smaller classrooms. Since many college math courses are quite huge, I was wondering how inquiry-based learning can be implemented in this…
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How to create and support a mathematics club or group that will last?
Math clubs and groups tend to be small and prone to dying out. Once the organizers or members graduate, the club no longer exists.
At my university, I have seen the creation and death of two different math groups. I myself started a math group for…
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Looking for a creative way to teach ANOVA
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I'm currently teaching a Statistics course (for the first time), one in which I been trying to teach with a hands-on approach. I have had my students (all traditional college age, non-STEM majors) collect their own data and form their own…
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