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How to give exercises when students can use ChatGPT
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f(x+h) in the difference quotient
Awarded Feb 17 at 17:32
Why are we so careful in saying that dy/dx is not a fraction?
Awarded Feb 14 at 12:34
Is there a simple explanation for calculus classes of why partial fractions work?
Awarded Feb 3 at 13:55
When should we first teach variables in school math? And how?
Awarded Feb 2 at 18:09
‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education
Awarded Jan 29 at 13:06
Students confusing "object types" in introductory proofs class
Awarded Jan 5 at 19:50
Calculus problems arising from real research problems
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 15:16
"We already passed that course!" How to overcome this?
Awarded Dec 5, 2022 at 21:48
A Non-Unique Factorization of Integers!
Awarded Sep 21, 2022 at 3:16
What value is there in requiring students to answer word problems in complete sentences?
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 17:35
How can I validate the existence of percentages above 100?
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 0:19
What books are like Knuth's Surreal Numbers?
Awarded Aug 7, 2022 at 0:35
How to motivate equivalence classes
Awarded Jun 11, 2022 at 20:03
How can I convince someone to use a calculator and not worry about the mechanics too much?
Awarded Jun 6, 2022 at 14:03
Inability to work with an arbitrary mathematical object
Awarded Jan 15, 2022 at 4:17
What is the best way to intuitively explain the relationship between the derivative and the integral?
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 21:25
Student Poisoned Experience with Math
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 21:20
Breaking students from the habit of relying on examples
Awarded Dec 27, 2021 at 4:45
What are some good examples to motivate the implicit function theorem?
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 21:04
Combative students in proofs classes
Awarded Nov 10, 2021 at 17:07
Getting students to actually read definitions
Awarded Sep 11, 2021 at 19:57
Big list of "interesting" abstract vector spaces
Awarded Jun 18, 2021 at 14:18
Why would you teach Calculus before teaching Real Analysis?
Awarded Jun 17, 2021 at 14:11
What is a healthy and effective way for a math educator to evaluate his or her performance?
Awarded Jun 11, 2021 at 9:32
What is a good motivation/showcase for a student for the study of eigenvalues?
Awarded Jun 9, 2021 at 19:51
Response to Students Who Say "This Is Not Important"
Awarded Jun 7, 2021 at 21:11
Taxonomy of bad proofs
Awarded May 13, 2021 at 7:17
How to write like a mathematician?
Awarded Apr 19, 2021 at 7:57
How does a teacher come up with plausible wrong answers for multiple choice tests?
Awarded Apr 19, 2021 at 5:23
Which product of single digits do children usually get wrong?
Awarded Mar 6, 2021 at 1:46
Is there a virtue to learning how to compute by hand?
Awarded Mar 3, 2021 at 0:41
Can students tell the difference between the "definition if" and the "theorem if"?
Awarded Feb 24, 2021 at 1:25
Should figures be presented to scale?
Awarded Feb 19, 2021 at 1:27
Is there a Piagetian age at which proofs can be comprehended?
Awarded Feb 17, 2021 at 9:26
Why do we care about multiple proofs of the same theorem?
Awarded Feb 7, 2021 at 15:36
"Opinionated" textbooks
Awarded Feb 4, 2021 at 21:56
What is the current school of thought concerning accuracy of numeric conversions of measurements?
Awarded Jan 19, 2021 at 15:55
How to present $\Bbb Z/n\Bbb Z$ to highschool level audience
Awarded Jan 16, 2021 at 23:26
Should we "program" calculus students, like the physicists seem to want us to?
Awarded Jan 10, 2021 at 8:56
How can I give feedback that is not demotivating?
Awarded Dec 14, 2020 at 13:32
What websites allow students to purchase solutions to problems?
Awarded Dec 10, 2020 at 22:33
How should I answer questions about the purpose of learning math?
Awarded Nov 21, 2020 at 19:05
What are the best practices for giving online tests?
Awarded Nov 18, 2020 at 14:35
How to explain that winning the lottery is not a 50/50 distribution?
Awarded Oct 21, 2020 at 3:21
What's the point of learning equivalence relations?
Awarded Sep 11, 2020 at 2:22
Alternatives to University Lectures: Non-lecture Mathematics Classes
Awarded Sep 7, 2020 at 16:25
What arguments can I give a high school student why mathematics is important?
Awarded Sep 6, 2020 at 13:06
Future educators writing nonsense questions
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 18:12
Students who know high-level math before going to college
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 13:48
Counterexamples in first year calculus
Awarded Aug 28, 2020 at 19:33
Questions with "round" answers only?
Awarded Aug 11, 2020 at 13:11
How do I show students the Beauty of Mathematics?
Awarded Jul 1, 2020 at 1:51
How to tactfully discourage casual, implicit disparagement of mathematics
Awarded Jun 9, 2020 at 0:46
How to motivate an adolescent who has fallen behind in conceptual development?
Awarded May 25, 2020 at 20:46
Interesting things you learned while grading?
Awarded May 9, 2020 at 23:41
Should LaTeX be taught in high school?
Awarded May 8, 2020 at 10:25
How should LaTeX be taught to university students?
Awarded May 5, 2020 at 14:05
What is the quantitative data on effectiveness of "modern" teaching methods?
Awarded Apr 22, 2020 at 19:50
How shall we teach math online?
Awarded Mar 12, 2020 at 23:45
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