Timeline for What are your experiences of handouts in mathematics lectures?
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| Mar 10, 2019 at 13:00 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 7, 2013 at 13:12 | answer | added | Amir Asghari | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 18:19 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | Responding to various opinions expressed above about "mathematics research" vs. "mathematics education", and the scope of mathoverflow: mathoverflow is intended for questions and answers "of interest to research mathematicians". Teaching is of course of considerable interest, but, unapologetically, this puts some constraints on the "mathematics education" material that is appropriate here. If, for example, someone asked a question which somehow was only relevant to full-time teaching positions, with no expectation or likelihood of research, I would happily say that it was off=topic. | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 15:04 | answer | added | Bart Snapp | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 14:54 | history | edited | Andrew Stacey | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 8, 2010 at 14:51 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | I hoped my use of the word "dictate", with its quotation marks, would be clearly understood as hyperbole. If it isn't, feel free to edit it! I still feel that this question is "drifting away from math research" since it is mathematics education which is a different field. | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 14:27 | answer | added | Andrea Ferretti | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 14:05 | answer | added | Qiaochu Yuan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 13:26 | comment | added | Andrea Ferretti | I'd still remove the word "dictate" from the question. When people takes notes from a lecture, they are (or at least can be) doing a very active work of putting together what the lecturer says and what he writes on the blackboard and obtaining a condensed form on paper. A much better exercise than listening alone, in my opinion. Unless, of course, students just copy passively. | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 12:07 | history | edited | Andrew Stacey | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 8, 2010 at 7:09 | answer | added | jeremy | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 6:18 | answer | added | Zen Harper | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 1:23 | answer | added | Alfonso Gracia-Saz | timeline score: 18 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 1:07 | answer | added | Mark | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 22:22 | history | edited | Noah Snyder | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 7, 2010 at 22:02 | answer | added | alex | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 21:50 | answer | added | Michael Thaddeus | timeline score: 23 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 20:59 | answer | added | Gerald Edgar | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 20:22 | answer | added | Arturo Magidin | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 19:55 | answer | added | Ilya Grigoriev | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:52 | answer | added | Terry Tao | timeline score: 59 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:22 | comment | added | François G. Dorais | I think I patched the "dichotomy" problem, but the question could still be better motivated. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:21 | history | edited | François G. Dorais | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:19 | comment | added | François G. Dorais | Since there does seem to be genuine interest in the question, I suggest that someone edits the question to make it better. (Even if the question gets closed.) Since it is now community-wiki, anyone with over 100 rep can edit. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:10 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | There is a thread at tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/430/… discussing this question. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:07 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | On the other hand, I certainly think that the subject matter is "on-topic" for mathoverflow. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:06 | comment | added | Kim Morrison | I'm not voting to close, but I wouldn't object to this question being closed. Not because there's no underlying interesting question, just that the question is too terse, provides no context (which really does matter in this case), and as such only allows the possibility of subjective and argumentative answers. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 18:04 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Kim Morrison | ||
| Jun 7, 2010 at 17:40 | comment | added | Robin Chapman | Dr L., quoting the FAQ: "MathOverflow's primary goal is for users to ask and answer research level math questions". Also the question is objectionable as it sets up a false dichotomy. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 17:34 | answer | added | The Mathemagician | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 17:32 | comment | added | Deane Yang | Andrew, although I agree with your point, is there any chance you'd be willing to express yourself a bit more, um, gently? Your response seems a bit over the top. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 17:27 | comment | added | The Mathemagician | @Robin: Is this board becoming obsessed with research ONLY and becoming infected with the worst elitism of the top mathematics programs? I wonder because the hammer is being put to a lot of otherwise interesting educational questions there really is no other forum for at this level. Unless,of course,the people policing this board think educational issues have no place on a serious academic mathematical forum....... | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 17:05 | history | edited | François G. Dorais | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jun 7, 2010 at 16:56 | comment | added | François G. Dorais | This question now has a meta thread - tea.mathoverflow.net/discussion/430/… | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 16:54 | answer | added | Ryan Reich | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 13:46 | comment | added | Wadim Zudilin | For distributing my notes to students I use "Blackboard" site. I usually put the notes 2-4 days before the real blackboard lecture goes, | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 13:34 | comment | added | Charles Staats | Mariano: I think it's less clear-cut. I have had very good courses in which typed notes were given; it freed me up to actually listen to the instructor, rather than diverting a significant part of my attention to copying down whatever they are writing. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 12:54 | comment | added | Robin Chapman | This is drifting away from mathematical research. | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 12:54 | comment | added | Mariano Suárez-Álvarez | If you give the typed notes would you not use the blackboard and present the details? Then by all means do not give them typed out notes! | |
| Jun 7, 2010 at 12:47 | history | asked | John Jones | CC BY-SA 2.5 |