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Michael Pershan
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I teach elementary and high school math. It's great! Currently I'm at Saint Ann's School for Gifted Youngsters. I have a website all about math mistakes. It's called mathmistakes.org.

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What holds your students back in Calculus?
Mar 16, 2014
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Is there a good age/level to start learning mathematical proofs?
Mar 14, 2014
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What arguments can I give a high school student why mathematics is important?
Mar 14, 2014
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When is it appropriate to lecture?
Mar 14, 2014
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Student Poisoned Experience with Math
Mar 27, 2014
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Keeping quicker students engaged and interested throughout a course
Mar 14, 2014
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Any suggestions on how to approach recursion and induction?
Mar 14, 2014
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How to assign homework when answers are freely available or attainable online?
Mar 14, 2014
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Is Peer Instruction suited to mathematics classroom?
Mar 23, 2014
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Alternatives to University Lectures: Non-lecture Mathematics Classes
Mar 14, 2014
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Cultural differences between university and k12 teachers
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What is a good complex analysis textbook, barring Ahlfors's?
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What is the name of this theorem of Jakob Steiner's, and why is it true?
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What's the Cartesian Product of $\{x\}$ and $\{x\}$?
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How is a Godel sentence constructed?
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How should I interpret a homotopy schematic?

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