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What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

asked Mar 14, 2014 at 0:10

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

asked Apr 16, 2014 at 18:04

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6 answers

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How can I estimate the length of an exam?

asked Mar 14, 2014 at 19:20

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11 answers

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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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11 answers

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

asked Mar 27, 2014 at 23:41

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

asked Apr 2, 2014 at 20:07

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10 answers

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

asked Mar 20, 2014 at 18:24

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

asked Mar 18, 2014 at 12:23

29 votes

11 answers

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

asked Mar 31, 2014 at 13:25

27 votes

16 answers

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How to motivate equivalence classes

asked Apr 9, 2014 at 0:47

27 votes

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How should LaTeX be taught to university students?

asked Mar 19, 2014 at 3:06

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3 answers

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

asked Mar 19, 2014 at 4:02

26 votes

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

asked Apr 3, 2014 at 11:39

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

asked Mar 27, 2014 at 0:14

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6 answers

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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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To what extent is math research in the United States subsidized by calculus teaching?

asked Mar 20, 2014 at 3:13

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

asked Apr 27, 2014 at 23:14

21 votes

3 answers

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

asked Mar 16, 2014 at 1:53

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4 answers

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

asked Mar 20, 2015 at 16:18

19 votes

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What are the major obstacles to crowdsourcing a competitive, free calculus text?

asked Mar 20, 2015 at 16:27

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3 answers

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

asked Apr 13, 2015 at 16:10

18 votes

4 answers

438 views

How can a research mathematician transition into a mathematics education researcher?

asked Mar 27, 2015 at 16:19

18 votes

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271 views

How can creativity be incorporated into elementary school mathematics?

asked Mar 23, 2014 at 18:20

18 votes

2 answers

879 views

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

asked Apr 1, 2014 at 2:15

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

asked Apr 2, 2014 at 16:32

17 votes

8 answers

3k views

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

asked Mar 26, 2014 at 0:26

17 votes

3 answers

803 views

How to build a class based on Project Euler?

asked May 4, 2014 at 20:41

15 votes

2 answers

250 views

How can you determine the quality of your teaching, or someone else's?

asked Apr 15, 2015 at 18:07

14 votes

2 answers

330 views

Physics-based mathematical courses

asked Jul 23, 2014 at 3:14

14 votes

2 answers

508 views

Is there any research on the correlation between a professor's research ability and their ability to teach graduate level courses?

asked Apr 10, 2014 at 12:48

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What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?

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

How can I estimate the length of an exam?

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to motivate equivalence classes

How should LaTeX be taught to university students?

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

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

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

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

To what extent is math research in the United States subsidized by calculus teaching?

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

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

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

What are the major obstacles to crowdsourcing a competitive, free calculus text?

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

How can a research mathematician transition into a mathematics education researcher?

How can creativity be incorporated into elementary school mathematics?

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

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

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

How to build a class based on Project Euler?

How can you determine the quality of your teaching, or someone else's?

Physics-based mathematical courses

Is there any research on the correlation between a professor's research ability and their ability to teach graduate level courses?