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Optimization problems that today's students might actually encounter?
Apr 11 '14 at 18:55
45
Encouraging class participation
Mar 13 '14 at 20:49
41
Should we avoid indefinite integrals?
May 18 '14 at 16:20
33
“But I copied that from a book-reference you gave! How can that be wrong?”, or how can you grade homework which is solved poorly in some book?
Apr 7 '14 at 15:19
31
Why don't all teachers use clickers?
Apr 23 '14 at 15:16
24
Should students get full credit for getting the correct answer (without work)?
Jul 8 '14 at 9:59
23
Why are $m$ and $b$ used in the slope-intercept equation of a line?
Aug 30 '17 at 14:53
22
Lecturers “(intentional) mistakes” as a teaching tool
Apr 13 '14 at 14:13
20
How to cure students from the idea that root and squaring are identity operators?
Mar 30 '14 at 14:51
18
What websites allow students to purchase solutions to problems?
Jun 19 '20 at 1:38
18
A more rigorous approach to Precalculus
Feb 25 '19 at 21:59
18
Multiple students writing $y\frac{d}{dx}$ rather than $\frac{d}{dx}y$ — why?
Dec 4 '18 at 16:09
17
Inability to work with an arbitrary mathematical object
Feb 14 '18 at 16:25
17
How do I help my student understand concepts such as “$x$ divided by $x$”?
Nov 18 '14 at 16:08
16
What are some activities/projects I can assign to calculus students from bio/chem/physics majors to specifically motivate their interest?
Apr 1 '14 at 2:58
15
What to do when all the other teachers fail?
Oct 9 '14 at 15:07
13
How can I help a student who has a “wrong” kind of enthusiasm?
May 4 '18 at 12:46
13
Interacting with high school teachers (US)
Apr 23 '14 at 14:54
13
To what extent is math research in the United States subsidized by calculus teaching?
Mar 26 '14 at 20:11
12
What are the best practices for giving online tests?
Jun 21 '20 at 18:49
12
How to explain that the sums of numerators over sums of denominators isn't the same as the mean of ratios?
Sep 27 '19 at 19:14
12
Should I correct only one mistake at a time?
Sep 25 '14 at 14:59
12
What is a number?
Jul 28 '14 at 11:29
12
When handing back exams, what should we tell our students about the distribution of exam scores?
May 12 '14 at 14:51
12
Devising backup plan to become HS teacher as a late undergrad
Apr 27 '14 at 15:56
11
Math topics that reward going beyond cookbook methods
Jan 23 '18 at 21:23
11
A4 paper of notes in an exam
Aug 10 '17 at 16:14
10
Advice on teaching abstract algebra and logic to high-school students
Dec 10 '20 at 19:05
10
What are some of the open problems that can be suitably introduced in a calculus course?
Jun 23 '20 at 1:25
10
What does one full year of calculus mean?
Feb 7 '20 at 0:09
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