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kcrisman
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Intrigued by potential of inquiry-based learning and/or interactive computation in the classroom in mathematics.

Also, shameless plug that gives insight into how I think about mathematics education.

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Explaining why (or whether) zero and one are prime, composite or neither to younger children
Oct 27, 2019
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How does knowing more about mathematics help one's teaching of lower level course, such as calculus?
Feb 14, 2019
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What are the "best" groups to use as examples while learning new concepts in algebra?
Mar 6, 2017
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Should I teach a subject I don't like?
Feb 8, 2017
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Should I change my take-home exam policy because of one suspected cheater?
Jul 27, 2017
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Justifying non-expert lecturer
May 17, 2016
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Notation for change of basis matrix
Mar 22, 2019
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Teaching indefinite integrals that require special-casing
Mar 25, 2019
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Software for validating answers from students
Aug 13, 2019
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Calling on students by name (who do not volunteer) in math classes
May 1, 2017
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Who is MESE for, exactly?
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Country tags - yes or no?
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Feedback from an established user on MESE: "I offer this in the spirit of ‘we are at <1 question per day, let’s save what we can’'
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Lots of new close votes
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Zero to the zero power – is $0^0=1$?
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We're testing advertisements across the network
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Get variables in Sphinx templates
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using a sage function standalone within python
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Question asked by same person (and answered) on different site - how should it be answered