Timeline for How do you encourage students to use verbs other than "solve"?
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| Nov 21, 2015 at 5:30 | comment | added | DanielWainfleet | You could ay "What does that mean in English?" but that won't go well. Suppose you ask "What's the question that needs answering?" to which you may get "Well,to solve it." So, "To solve what?"..:"The expression.".. SO "Is the expression a question?" Gotcha. Maybe now the student will really listen when you tell them how to use ordinary words, as they often make this subject more difficult by trying to use jargon rather than plain speech. Richard Feynman (Nobel laureate--physics) said "When lecturing, if the cleaning lady looks at me with incomprehension, then I'n not saying it right. | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 23:51 | comment | added | vonbrand | Getting the average student to use more than 200 words is an uphill battle... | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 12:10 | comment | added | Amy B | What level do you teach? | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 7:25 | answer | added | Daniel R. Collins | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 13, 2015 at 3:22 | history | asked | user5108 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |