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For questions related to teaching mathematics. For questions in Mathematics Education as a scientific discipline there is also the tag mathematics-education. Note you may also ask your question on http://matheducators.stackexchange.com/.
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A conjecture in which both "if" and "only if" are near misses
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More than a year ago, I posted the following on the Math Stack Exchange.
Consider $2^n-1$. Based on checking a few small numbers for $n$ (in
fact, the firs …
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Historical (personal) examples of teaching-based research
The phrase "teaching-based research" brings to mind research about teaching, though important, it is not what I mean. … It seems that what makes it difficult in teaching is rooted in an all-knowing feeling. …
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How should you respond to a student who asks whether a very nice physical example constitute... [closed]
"Is this really a proof?" is the exact question e-mailed to me today from an undergraduate mathematics student whom I know as a highly competent student. The one sentence question was accompanied with …
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Does seeing beyond the course you teach matter? The case of linear algebra and matrices
I was faced with these questions years ago when people started to compare my teaching with the teaching of a mathematician who is indeed an excellent "traditional" lecturer. … I had forgotten the whole issue until the current term; for the first time I am teaching a course in linear algebra and matrices for mathematics undergraduate students. …
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Is “problem solving” a subject to be taught?
Then it continues with "teaching" a bunch of problem solving strategies. That is the first chapter of the book. …