Mathematics Educators Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 31, 2014

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Top new questions this week: How does one correct the influence of bad pedagogy from childhood? My mathematics education was essentially rote, you learned the rules or formulas and applied them to the problems you were presented with, it was almost algorithmic. This conveyed a dry and static … pedagogy mathematical-pedagogy creativity   asked by Assad 8 votes answered by Opal E 4 votes Use of methods similar to Magdalene Lampert's at the college level? Today's NY Times Magazine has an article titled "Why do Americans stink at math?" It gives a very positive depiction of a set of methods advocated by Magdelene Lampert in her book Teaching Problems … interactive-teaching   asked by Ben Crowell 8 votes The interplay of memory and mathematical performance As mathematicians and mathematics educators we very often see the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. Our calculus students are certain that they are masters of Calculus because they took the AP exam. To … undergraduate-education graduate-education   asked by Jon Bannon 7 votes answered by paul garrett 3 votes What is a number? In a set theoretic point of view all mathematical objects are sets. We "call" some of them as numbers (e.g. sets in $\mathbb{N}$, $\mathbb{Q}$, $\mathbb{R}$, $\mathbb{C}$, $Ord$, $Card$) but what is … pedagogy logic set-theory real-numbers philosophy-of-maths   asked by Saint Georg 7 votes answered by Joseph Malkevitch 4 votes "Proof" meaning in maths and society When we ask students to prove a particular result in a math class, students often reply with examples. For example, if I state: if a number is even its square will be even, and ask the students to … proofs concept-motivation mathematical-pedagogy terminology-and-notation   asked by Madhu 6 votes answered by quid 3 votes How to arrive at infinite primes proof? I know Euclid's proof of there being infinite number of primes. I want to let my brother (age 15) arrive at that proof by himself. He knows definition of a prime number (number divisible only by 1 and … proofs   asked by user13107 6 votes answered by Tim Pederick 6 votes Answering the Diversity Question for Mathematics Instructor Applications As I apply for several other colleges who are hiring part time math teachers, I find myself wondering about this question as it is asked on ALL college instruction applications. Some of the questions … mathematical-pedagogy cultural-differences employment philosophy-of-maths   asked by Professor Madrigal 5 votes answered by JPBurke 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: How to teach math to someone who is neither [really] willing nor able to understand it? I'm not a teacher, I am a student. But in math, I am one of the best ones in my class so sometimes other people will ask me to explain stuff to them. And usually it works quite well: If I understood … pedagogy   asked by IchBins 18 votes answered by Dissident penguin 10 votes How do I teach algebra? I find that soon I'll be working with high school students that are struggling with math. In particular, we'll be talking a lot about algebra and some basic trigonometry. The latter I have experience … secondary-education algebra   asked by Mike Miller 11 votes answered by ChrisA 24 votes

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