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Dan Christensen
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Exponents with Negative Base; with or without Parentheses
Feb 16 '18 at 19:15
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Why are induction proofs so challenging for students?
Jul 13 '17 at 3:12
6
Should my 8th graders see a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem?
Mar 16 '16 at 16:55
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Inability to work with an arbitrary mathematical object
Feb 14 '18 at 20:15
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What are the best places online where math educators can discuss their experience?
Mar 16 '18 at 4:26
3
What is a variable?
Mar 6 '16 at 3:45
2
Teaching congruent triangles non-rigorously
Apr 20 '18 at 2:58
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Why do no students know to change the limits of integration when doing substitutions?
Feb 9 '18 at 5:39
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Why do students have problems with showing that something is well-defined? How can this be improved?
Dec 18 '16 at 17:05
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Real-life exceptions to PEMDAS?
May 23 at 4:21
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How to resolve the new definition of subtraction and division seen in college algebra?
Jun 2 '18 at 15:05
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Can we explain to undergraduates how points make a line?
Dec 17 '17 at 15:09
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How to help new students accept function notation
Sep 29 at 4:30
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How to explain the difference between the fraction a / b and the ratio a : b?
Aug 27 at 3:10
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teach that $\frac10$ not defined properly
Nov 22 '18 at 7:12
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Functions, Domains, and Ranges in Precalculus
Mar 29 '18 at 3:36
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How to explain that a negative number multiplied by a negative number is a positive number, and that $-(-x)=x$?
Jun 15 '16 at 15:33
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Defining vertical tangent lines
Feb 14 '16 at 20:09
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Rigorously defining the concept of an angle for high school students
Jan 11 '16 at 18:57
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Simple, elegant ways to teach the idea of what functions are for the first time
Jul 1 '18 at 14:30
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What is abstraction and generalization ?
May 2 '16 at 17:29