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For calculus students, what should be the intuition or motivation behind series?

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What do mathematicians call a proof?

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What female mathematician can I introduce to my High School students?

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Are the words "easy," "basic," "clearly," "obviously," etc., ever helpful?

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How is calculus helpful for biology majors?

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Reasons for (not) distinguishing $f$ from $f(x)$

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Hand out lecture notes or not?

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Physical applications of higher terms of Taylor series

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Impressive examples where a "proof by picture" goes wrong

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Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

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How to handle the situation when you made a stupid mistake in front of the class?

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What courses require multivariable analysis?

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Teaching by Slides, Yes or No?

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Best textbooks to introduce measure theory and Lebesgue integration?

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Impressive examples where a "proof by picture" goes wrong

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How much time should we spend on material that should be already known by students?

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Introducing (Borel) measures via Riesz representation theorem

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An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

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An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

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Should true-false questions ask for an explanation?

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"Correct the following mistake"-style questions?

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Multivariable limits

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An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

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Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

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

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What books teach the formula for the # of k-permutations of n objects, with x types, and $r_1,⋯,r_x$ = the number of each type of object?

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For calculus students, what should be the intuition or motivation behind series?

What do mathematicians call a proof?

What female mathematician can I introduce to my High School students?

Are the words "easy," "basic," "clearly," "obviously," etc., ever helpful?

How is calculus helpful for biology majors?

Reasons for (not) distinguishing $f$ from $f(x)$

Hand out lecture notes or not?

Physical applications of higher terms of Taylor series

Impressive examples where a "proof by picture" goes wrong

Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

How to handle the situation when you made a stupid mistake in front of the class?

What courses require multivariable analysis?

Teaching by Slides, Yes or No?

Best textbooks to introduce measure theory and Lebesgue integration?

Impressive examples where a "proof by picture" goes wrong

How much time should we spend on material that should be already known by students?

Introducing (Borel) measures via Riesz representation theorem

An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

Should true-false questions ask for an explanation?

"Correct the following mistake"-style questions?

Multivariable limits

An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of

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

What books teach the formula for the # of k-permutations of n objects, with x types, and $r_1,⋯,r_x$ = the number of each type of object?