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What should be included in a freshman 'Mathematics for computer programmers' course?

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What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

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How can I estimate the length of an exam?

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What should you do if you lose your student's exam?

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What interesting properties of the Fibonacci sequence can I share when introducing sequences?

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How can I teach my students the difference between a sequence and a series?

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What basic algebra skills and techniques are most important for calculus students to know?

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How is teaching calculus in high school different from teaching calculus in college?

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Why are university algebra courses often harder than the corresponding high school courses?

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

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When asked to by a religious university, how can an instructor make a mathematics course spiritually uplifting?

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Is there any proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra that can be introduced to undergraduates who have just completed Calc III?

asked Apr 12, 2014 at 23:35

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How do you go about writing your own lecture notes for a new course?

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What to do when your students are all getting A's

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How does the workload of a high-school mathematics teacher compare to a university-level instructor?

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How should LaTeX be taught to university students?

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Should students be asked to use more than one notation for the derivative in an introductory calculus class?

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How to motivate equivalence classes

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Which math classes should be included in an undergraduate computer science program?

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How does a take-home exam differ from a homework assignment?

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Why does high school teaching in the USA require a teaching certificate while college/university teaching does not?

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Unit circle vs. ratios of right triangles vs. wave functions for introducing trig functions

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What is an efficient way of drawing surfaces in multivariable calculus?

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What do you do when you realize mid-lecture that your lesson plan is not working?

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When did the American school system's progression of math classes take its current form?

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An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

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How can you explain to students that they should not use the same variable in an integrand and in the limits of integration simultaneously?

asked Mar 20, 2014 at 18:19

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

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What is a fair way of constructing exams with tiered levels of difficulty?

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Graphing functions from a finite field to itself

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What should be included in a freshman 'Mathematics for computer programmers' course?

What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

How can I estimate the length of an exam?

What should you do if you lose your student's exam?

What interesting properties of the Fibonacci sequence can I share when introducing sequences?

How can I teach my students the difference between a sequence and a series?

What basic algebra skills and techniques are most important for calculus students to know?

How is teaching calculus in high school different from teaching calculus in college?

Why are university algebra courses often harder than the corresponding high school courses?

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

When asked to by a religious university, how can an instructor make a mathematics course spiritually uplifting?

Is there any proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra that can be introduced to undergraduates who have just completed Calc III?

How do you go about writing your own lecture notes for a new course?

What to do when your students are all getting A's

How does the workload of a high-school mathematics teacher compare to a university-level instructor?

How should LaTeX be taught to university students?

Should students be asked to use more than one notation for the derivative in an introductory calculus class?

How to motivate equivalence classes

Which math classes should be included in an undergraduate computer science program?

How does a take-home exam differ from a homework assignment?

Why does high school teaching in the USA require a teaching certificate while college/university teaching does not?

Unit circle vs. ratios of right triangles vs. wave functions for introducing trig functions

What is an efficient way of drawing surfaces in multivariable calculus?

What do you do when you realize mid-lecture that your lesson plan is not working?

When did the American school system's progression of math classes take its current form?

An application-heavy functional analysis textbook?

How can you explain to students that they should not use the same variable in an integrand and in the limits of integration simultaneously?

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

What is a fair way of constructing exams with tiered levels of difficulty?

Graphing functions from a finite field to itself