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How to advise students who want to do a "Bourbaki"-style study?

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Is $e^{i\pi}+1=0$ a good motivation for introducing $e$ or $i$? Why (not)?

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What is fairly new theorem one can teach (and prove) to an undergraduate student?

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How to choose/test future tutors?

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Amount of concrete calculations on board?

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Do private lessons really help?

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How to keep track of your old exercises in a heavy proof based course?

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How to design a fair oral exam for >10 students?

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Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

Examples why university education is important for future high school teachers

How to react to students saying that they are allergic to applied mathematics?

Good motivation for the introduction of Lebesgue integral?

What are the arguments for and against learning the multiplication table by heart?

What was the problem with New Math? Why did it end?

What are argument one can give to students on the definition $0^0$?

Good definition for introducing real numbers?

Impressive examples where a "proof by picture" goes wrong

What arguments can I give a high school student why mathematics is important?

What is a good motivation/showcase for a student for the study of eigenvalues?

Non-answerable questions on exam: What to do?

Is it good to have solutions of homework published?

How to advise students who want to do a "Bourbaki"-style study?

Why do students have problems with showing that something is well-defined? How can this be improved?

Pressure vs. Laissez-faire: Literature dealing with balance in university-classes

Is $e^{i\pi}+1=0$ a good motivation for introducing $e$ or $i$? Why (not)?

What is fairly new theorem one can teach (and prove) to an undergraduate student?

How to deal with very motivated students having "off-topic" interests?

"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?

How to choose/test future tutors?

Amount of concrete calculations on board?

How to deal with answers containing completely off-topic/random/very wrong arguments?

Do private lessons really help?

It is good to have old exams (with solutions) published?

Use of mathematical humor suitable for motivation/explaination?

How to keep track of your old exercises in a heavy proof based course?

How to design a fair oral exam for >10 students?

Should one ask questions directly to specific students in a lecture or exercise group?

Introducing (Borel) measures via Riesz representation theorem