User Mark Fantini

83 votes

18 answers

26k views

What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

board-use

Brian Rushton

11.2k

asked Mar 14, 2014 at 0:10

73 votes

20 answers

19k views

Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

Markus Klein

9,096

asked Apr 5, 2014 at 20:04

52 votes

15 answers

12k views

How can we help students learn how to read their textbook?

undergraduate-education secondary-education general-pedagogy transferrable-skills

Chris Cunningham♦

19.1k

asked May 5, 2014 at 14:56

48 votes

8 answers

12k views

What do math majors (actually) do after graduation?

undergraduate-education

Mark Meckes

1,479

asked Apr 10, 2016 at 17:18

39 votes

2 answers

2k views

What does math education research know about difficulty vs. effectiveness?

mathematical-pedagogy psychology education-research

user370

asked Mar 26, 2014 at 18:13

35 votes

3 answers

3k views

How to cure students from the idea that root and squaring are identity operators?

tutoring algebra

Swiftheart

453

asked Mar 30, 2014 at 10:23

35 votes

9 answers

1k views

How can we help students learn to write about their mathematics?

mathematical-pedagogy undergraduate-education writing

Brendan W. Sullivan

10.4k

asked Mar 17, 2014 at 20:04

35 votes

1 answer

2k views

Metonymy in mathematics

undergraduate-education students-mistakes notation terminology language-use

Joonas Ilmavirta

3,663

asked Oct 1, 2014 at 12:04

31 votes

23 answers

7k views

Quote to show students don't have to fear making mistakes

secondary-education students-mistakes big-list

dietervdf

421

asked Sep 25, 2019 at 21:14

30 votes

8 answers

3k views

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

undergraduate-education student-motivation general-pedagogy applied-mathematics

Markus Klein

9,096

asked Apr 5, 2014 at 14:47

25 votes

9 answers

2k views

How can mathematics educators encourage innovation and creativity?

creativity mathematical-pedagogy

Confutus

1,745

asked Mar 21, 2014 at 16:45

25 votes

2 answers

1k views

Student Poisoned Experience with Math

course-design secondary-education anxiety

ruler501

530

asked Mar 27, 2014 at 6:28

21 votes

5 answers

6k views

Real time interactive whiteboard for tutoring math

secondary-education tutoring software online-instruction

Sherwood Botsford

882

asked Sep 12, 2014 at 20:42

21 votes

2 answers

691 views

Exam philosophy

undergraduate-education exams grading assessment testing

icurays1

475

asked Apr 22, 2014 at 18:07

20 votes

4 answers

11k views

How does one create "good" math problems?

problem-design

user718

asked Apr 7, 2014 at 2:22

19 votes

5 answers

2k views

Physical applications of higher terms of Taylor series

calculus concept-motivation physical-sciences

Mike Shulman

6,248

asked May 5, 2014 at 5:14

18 votes

16 answers

31k views

How to explain the difference between the fraction a / b and the ratio a : b?

primary-education fractions

Abdallah Abusharekh

1,137

asked Jan 24, 2015 at 5:54

17 votes

2 answers

735 views

What examples of groups should students in abstract algebra learn to test ideas on?

examples abstract-algebra

Brian Rushton

11.2k

asked Apr 1, 2014 at 2:15

16 votes

5 answers

852 views

Discovery-based and inquiry-based learning

reference-request education-research teacher-development inquiry-based-learning

user10024

433

asked Jul 25, 2014 at 15:21

15 votes

4 answers

1k views

When should I say "nothing is as it seems"?

undergraduate-education mathematical-pedagogy intuition

user230

asked Apr 6, 2014 at 21:14

15 votes

3 answers

465 views

Calculation versus writing in mathematics

mathematical-pedagogy reference-request writing psychology philosophy-of-maths

Jon Bannon

5,877

asked Nov 5, 2014 at 12:42

13 votes

6 answers

628 views

How to think mathematically?

secondary-education education-research

Dag Oskar Madsen

2,450

asked Oct 6, 2015 at 11:30

13 votes

3 answers

1k views

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

undergraduate-education course-design primary-education graduate-education

Ms. Honey

131

asked Jun 28, 2014 at 1:18

12 votes

6 answers

555 views

What is a good prototypical example of a construction that is not well-defined?

undergraduate-education examples students-mistakes

Chris Cunningham♦

19.1k

asked Aug 20, 2014 at 23:52

12 votes

3 answers

822 views

Summary of the mechanism of reification

mathematical-pedagogy psychology

Jon Bannon

5,877

asked Apr 24, 2016 at 23:12

8 votes

2 answers

1k views

A Question about Theodore Frankel's "The Geometry of Physics"

graduate-education physical-sciences differential-geometry

The Mathemagician

431

asked Mar 23, 2020 at 6:11

7 votes

1 answer

169 views

Subtraction Methods in School Mathematics

reference-request primary-education

Nekochan

71

asked May 31, 2016 at 19:07

Stack Exchange Network

current community

your communities

more stack exchange communities

27 Bookmarks

What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

How can we help students learn how to read their textbook?

What do math majors (actually) do after graduation?

What does math education research know about difficulty vs. effectiveness?

How to cure students from the idea that root and squaring are identity operators?

How can we help students learn to write about their mathematics?

Metonymy in mathematics

Quote to show students don't have to fear making mistakes

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

How can mathematics educators encourage innovation and creativity?

Student Poisoned Experience with Math

Real time interactive whiteboard for tutoring math

Exam philosophy

How does one create "good" math problems?

Physical applications of higher terms of Taylor series

How to explain the difference between the fraction a / b and the ratio a : b?

What examples of groups should students in abstract algebra learn to test ideas on?

Discovery-based and inquiry-based learning

When should I say "nothing is as it seems"?

Calculation versus writing in mathematics

How to think mathematically?

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

What is a good prototypical example of a construction that is not well-defined?

Summary of the mechanism of reification

A Question about Theodore Frankel's "The Geometry of Physics"

Subtraction Methods in School Mathematics