Questions tagged [resource-request]
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EdX Courses for Self-Study
I have been independently considering two edX courses in mathematics. The first, a course on probability theory drawing from a financial crisis case study, appeared to me plausibly comparable in ...
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Prisoner's dilemma formulation for children
I am preparing an introductory course on Game Theory for children (between 10 and 17 years old). In the course description, I want to include a prisoner's dilemma in order to catch children's ...
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Best Way to Learn Trigonometry
What are the best resources to learn trigometry? I recently decided to pursue a BS in mathematics at uni. I used to fail all my math classes with D's or F's until I started teaching myself, and so far ...
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math norms for all kind of ruls [closed]
Want to ask if someone knows a official site where all kind of rules like $\infty-\infty$ or $\infty^0$ are classified. Ment an paper rule collector for that kind of definitions which has an certified ...
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Resources for teaching calc III
I was very unsatisfied with how I taught Calc III a couple years ago, and this summer I have to do it again. Are there any general resources for teaching this course? It seems like there should be, ...
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Source material to study number theory?
I don't know if this is the correct site to ask this question, but I felt it was off-topic on the Mathematics forum. I really like Number Theory and would like study some on my own. Which books should ...
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Resources for Teaching Logic to Primary School Children?
What are some books or other resources for teaching primary school children logic?
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Teacher resources on abacus for elementary school children
What are some teacher resources on teaching elementary school children (e.g., 2nd graders) how to calculate with an abacus?
I did a search on WorldCat for related books, and surprisingly I was only ...
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Resource to supplement to Euclid's Elements
I am an instructor at a mid-sized American university, preparing to teach a two-quarter geometry course for junior and senior math majors. My plan is to use Hartshorne's "Geometry: Euclid and Beyond," ...
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Is there a resource that formally develops the topics of elementary algebra?
Let's say you're a university lecturer who regularly teaches remedial and/or college algebra courses. A standard textbook for such a course usually starts out with a series of facts about real number ...
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Need scientific source to prove the difference between arithmetics/calculus and real mathematical skills
For research about cognitive information retention, I'm trying to find a scientific reference where they explain the difference between the capability to apply real mathematical skills (entailing ...
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Online course for Algebra II
I'm going into highschool. Thanks to an acceleration program at my district, I've already taken Algebra I and Geometry. I am very much a math and physics nerd (take a look at my activity over on MSE ...
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Resources for undergraduate knot theory
I am going to teach a 400-level topics class on knot theory at an American, mid-sized, public university. Prerequisites include multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and a proof course, but no ...
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Solvability of Systems of Diophantine Equations using Modular Reasoning
I'll be teaching a U.S. college, freshman-level, pre-proofs discrete math course (for future teachers) this semester and one of the topics I like to cover is determining if a system of (usually linear)...
