# Tags

A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.

Questions about books that can be used by instructors, administrators, or students as resources in mathematic-educational situations.
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For questions about the teaching of probability, dealing with students misconceptions in probability, and explaining probability theory paradoxes.
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Questions related to the use of various kinds of software for learning and teaching mathematics.
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For questions about effectively motivating and teaching the concepts of trigonometry, including the unit circle, the sin/cos/tan functions, and other related ideas.
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Interactive teaching is a pedagogical approach that incorporates things like social networking and computing into course design and delivery.
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For questions related to the issue of concepts of definitions.
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For questions about overseeing, directing, motivating, and effectively controlling student behavior while in the classroom.
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For questions related to creating, categorizing and identifying appropriate problems as well as the benefits of problem solving and related pedagogy including motivation.
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For questions about differential and integral calculus with more than one independent variable.
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For questions related to the teaching of number theory, the part of mathematics concerned with properties of the positive integers.
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For questions about the teaching of fractions and their interpretations. Fractions are numbers of the form $p/q$, where $p$ and $q \neq 0$ are integers.
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For questions that (at least in part) are specific to the United States of America.
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For questions how to design and create questions, exercises and examples.
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For questions about giving students written tests, typically in a classroom setting.
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For questions concerning the history of mathematical education and the use of historical topics in teaching mathematics.
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For questions related to applications of mathematics and the teaching thereof.
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For questions related to the teaching of integral calculus
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Use of language in communicating mathematics. Includes all kinds of languages: spoken, written, symbolic etc. There is a separate tag for terminology, which is a narrow subfield of language use.
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For questions on the use of mathematics in science, industry and everyday life.
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Questions about the process of preparing pre-service (or supporting in-service) teachers for duties related to classroom instruction in mathematics.
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For questions about "gifted" students, i.e. students who are talented, motivated, and predisposed to studying mathematics.
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For questions about designing effective tests and writing exam problems.
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For questions about discrete mathematical structures and applying to courses with the title "Discrete Mathematics" or equivalent. Since this tag is fairly broad, consider using a more specific tag if …
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For question regarding the properties and evaluation of limits.
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For questions about participation from students in the classroom setting, either motivating them to do so or working with issues related to their participation.
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For questions about student writing in mathematics, including considerations about assigning, grading, motivating, and improving students' written work.
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