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How to give exercises when students can use ChatGPT
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Why do we write $x$ instead of $1x$?
Awarded Mar 19 at 2:45
When writing log, do you indicate the base, even when 10?
Awarded Mar 18 at 5:10
How can I estimate the length of an exam?
Awarded Mar 17 at 11:10
Reasons for (not) distinguishing $f$ from $f(x)$
Awarded Mar 17 at 11:10
Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
Awarded Mar 10 at 13:56
How do/should administrators estimate the cost of producing an online introductory mathematics class?
Awarded Mar 7 at 16:47
f(x+h) in the difference quotient
Awarded Feb 16 at 21:10
What is the justification to teach the (redundant) use of parentheses in multiplications?
Awarded Feb 6 at 9:52
Is there a canonical name for a polynomial-like expression allowing for negative powers?
Awarded Feb 4 at 14:52
‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education
Awarded Jan 29 at 17:27
‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education
Awarded Jan 28 at 1:06
What can (and should) an educator do about ambiguous terms like "triangle", "square", etc?
Awarded Jan 24 at 17:15
Is patching up a student's poor solution better than providing a good solution?
Awarded Jan 14 at 19:42
Students confusing "object types" in introductory proofs class
Awarded Jan 3 at 16:31
When did math start to be a hated subject in schools and universities?
Awarded Dec 5, 2022 at 22:57
Why don't all teachers use clickers?
Awarded Nov 16, 2022 at 22:28
What do you do in order to drag out lectures?
Awarded Nov 15, 2022 at 10:25
Should we avoid indefinite integrals?
Awarded Nov 6, 2022 at 6:57
Why is a Calculus III student more likely to solve this problem?
Awarded Oct 19, 2022 at 16:26
What female mathematician can I introduce to my High School students?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 20:02
Why is a Calculus III student more likely to solve this problem?
Awarded Oct 18, 2022 at 10:57
Why does math need to be practiced and exercised, when L1 Linguistic Competence is subconscious?
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 17:52
What are some research-level opportunities in mathematics that do not focus on proofs?
Awarded Sep 17, 2022 at 2:25
What value is there in requiring students to answer word problems in complete sentences?
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 1:57
What value is there in requiring students to answer word problems in complete sentences?
Awarded Sep 12, 2022 at 19:46
Don't these word problems seem designed to be confusing?
Awarded Sep 11, 2022 at 17:06
What are some rationales to teach Computer Science students Sequences and Series?
Awarded Aug 22, 2022 at 11:05
Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 13:25
Math Proofs - why are they important and how are they useful?
Awarded Aug 2, 2022 at 17:07
An introductory example for Taylor series (12th grade)
Awarded Jul 14, 2022 at 16:03
A smart student that struggles in exams
Awarded Jul 12, 2022 at 20:20
Why do some students struggle so much with fractions?
Awarded Jun 11, 2022 at 15:12
Factoring quadratics where the coefficient on the $x^2$ term does not equal 1
Awarded Jun 9, 2022 at 21:22
Is Euclid dead? or Should Euclidean geometry be taught to high school students?
Awarded Jun 8, 2022 at 17:51
How do I teach algebra?
Awarded May 17, 2022 at 0:15
Explaining why volume of cone is a third of cylinder
Awarded May 4, 2022 at 22:55
How does one tutor an A-level student past the derivative paradox?
Awarded Apr 28, 2022 at 23:32
What should be memorized in math and what should be reference table?
Awarded Apr 5, 2022 at 21:27
How should I grade true-or-false questions if the student's writing is unclear?
Awarded Mar 3, 2022 at 16:36
What is the right feedback for incorrect cancellation?
Awarded Feb 19, 2022 at 18:56
Are there science-backed effective teaching strategies?
Awarded Feb 16, 2022 at 20:07
Do I really need to cover solids of revolution in my Calculus I class?
Awarded Feb 9, 2022 at 18:18
Why don't textbooks foreground marginally generalized theorems?
Awarded Jan 27, 2022 at 1:34
What are some recent, interesting, accessible pieces of mathematics
Awarded Jan 14, 2022 at 22:42
Probability Misconception: Two Bags with Black and White Marbles
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 21:32
What are some good examples to motivate the implicit function theorem?
Awarded Jan 6, 2022 at 0:32
What's a replacement for "married couples" in combinatorics problems?
Awarded Dec 28, 2021 at 10:40
How to encourage young student to think in unusual ways?
Awarded Dec 24, 2021 at 4:25
Why's math way more puzzling, abstruse than law and medicine?
Awarded Dec 22, 2021 at 13:41
Why's math way more puzzling, abstruse than law and medicine?
Awarded Dec 21, 2021 at 12:25
Tutoring a recalcitrant/awkward/exasperating student---special needs?
Awarded Dec 12, 2021 at 13:33
How should I teach logarithms to high school students?
Awarded Nov 24, 2021 at 15:18
Combative students in proofs classes
Awarded Nov 20, 2021 at 19:51
Student asked me if it is necessary to simplify fractions at the end of answering a question. I'm not sure how to respond
Awarded Nov 14, 2021 at 5:53
Combative students in proofs classes
Awarded Nov 11, 2021 at 11:16
I want a "true" proof by contradiction of an implication P => Q
Awarded Oct 12, 2021 at 1:42
Getting students to actually read definitions
Awarded Sep 18, 2021 at 19:16
How does one tutor an A-level student past the derivative paradox?
Awarded Aug 3, 2021 at 18:56
How to solve the problem of Wolfram Alpha?
Awarded Jul 30, 2021 at 20:21
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