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Joseph O'Rourke

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Extensions beyond Euclidian Geometry for Secondary students

answered Mar 18, 2015 at 17:11

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Real-world examples of more "obscure" geometric figures

answered Sep 30, 2015 at 17:08

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Imbuing a six year old with a sense of mathematical wonder

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 13:11

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Mathematics that can be worked into 8th grade engineering course

answered Nov 5, 2015 at 2:24

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Becoming independent of the calculator

answered Apr 6, 2015 at 23:29

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What is a good reason to change calculus texts?

answered Jun 26, 2015 at 23:23

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What are some of the qualities that accessible textbooks share?

answered Jul 25, 2015 at 23:02

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Constructing and sketching parabolas, conic sections and other curves

answered Apr 8, 2015 at 11:00

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Examples of Mathematical Beauty in School Mathematics

answered Apr 12, 2015 at 1:01

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Have there been longitudinal studies comparing outcomes of various teaching methods?

answered Apr 3, 2015 at 11:38

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Has anyone written anything notable on the relation between mathematical progress and the simplification of proofs overtime?

answered Mar 31, 2015 at 0:30

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What makes cosets hard to understand?

answered Dec 16, 2015 at 17:27

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Approaches to Teaching for Questions Around Partitioning Space

answered Sep 8, 2015 at 12:16

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Why are manhole covers circular?

answered Mar 10, 2015 at 1:00

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Hands on activities for a college history of mathematics course

answered Jan 10, 2015 at 18:08

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Can music improve math abilities?

answered Mar 30, 2014 at 0:40

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How do I Create Geometric Drawings Efficiently?

answered Apr 27, 2014 at 17:32

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Flipping (or not) a large graduate class

answered May 17, 2014 at 0:04

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Examples of when $\tan(x) = \frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}$ is useful

answered Oct 4, 2014 at 19:34

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How to stay interested in less-tangible math

answered Jul 16, 2019 at 19:46

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Easy examples of correspondence between global and local, as preparation for Gauss's theorem and Stokes's theorem

answered Sep 2, 2019 at 23:38

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Algorithmic thinking problems

answered Nov 21, 2019 at 13:45

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What to include in an "elevator pitch" for an undergraduate statistics class

answered Oct 4, 2018 at 23:21

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Can undergraduate math courses be taught at a high school level?

answered Aug 28, 2018 at 23:20

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How to motivate students to do proofs?

answered Apr 3, 2019 at 23:41

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Examples of solving for unknowns using equivalence relations that are not equality, inequality, or boolean truth?

answered Jul 25, 2019 at 12:48

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How to teach students the value of concrete counterexamples?

answered Dec 25, 2017 at 14:44

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Problem "seeing" the perimeter of a figure

answered Jul 1, 2017 at 22:49

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Content for a two-quarter class on abstract algebra

answered Aug 31, 2017 at 0:52

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Determinant applications for 16 year olds

answered Apr 28, 2016 at 12:38

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