Timeline for Suggestions for teaching advanced high school students
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| Jun 26, 2011 at 20:01 | answer | added | Brian Borchers | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 19:51 | comment | added | David White | There was another similar MO question which was geared towards topics in graph theory. I thought there were a lot of great ideas there for topics appropriate for advanced h.s. students. Perhaps it will help: mathoverflow.net/questions/64448/… | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 19:00 | answer | added | KConrad | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 18:56 | answer | added | Predrag Punosevac | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 18:54 | answer | added | Ted Shifrin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 16:59 | answer | added | Gerhard Paseman | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 16:20 | answer | added | M T | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 15:05 | comment | added | roy smith | 20 years ago or so, I ran a 3 week program for bright 15-17 yr old high schoolers at a private school in Atlanta, from Spivak's appendix on real numbers as infinite decimals, after a twice a week course in vector calculus from Marsden/Tromba. In other years I coached projects they chose, from cyclotomic polynomials, to eigenvectors and fractals, to Galois theory. I was too serious at times, but the students wrote a rap song about the experience. I remember it very positively. Don't worry about what you leave out. Show them what you love. It's you they will be relating to. Go for it! | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 14:34 | answer | added | Douglas Zare | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 14:03 | answer | added | Qiaochu Yuan | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 13:33 | comment | added | Qfwfq | Wow! I wished there were this kind of activities in my country when I was a high school student... | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 12:54 | answer | added | Greg Graviton | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 7:55 | comment | added | kangdon | Good point KConrad. I based my assumptions on my own experience. And guessed incorrectly. The syllabus doen't include differentiation until year 11. It is an Australian school. The idea is to get a feel for where they're at during the first meeting. But I wanted to start considering some things to talk about earlier. As mentioned, they're a group of students from different schools who are top of their respective classes and quite interested in mathematics. My goal is to ensure they stay interested in maths and to teach them what maths is `really' about (Something the syllabus doesn't do) | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 5:59 | comment | added | KConrad | What country are you from, and have you spoken to some teachers of these students to find out what they will know? You ought to give us some information about the students (in the US I wouldn't expect 10th grade students are just getting used to differential calculus). Don't just assume the students know something without checking or you could be in for some very painful meetings with these students. | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 4:56 | history | asked | kangdon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |