Mathematics Educators Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, January 28, 2016

Mathematics Educators newsletter

Top new questions this week: Was math education following a western trend? After some research on the recent history of math education in the U.S., from the new math movement to the beginning of the 21st century, I understood that the historic flow of the math education ... mathematical-pedagogy primary-education history new-math   asked by Henrique Augusto Souza 8 votes How important is it to show students an application of the topics seen in an undergraduate course? I am currently designing a proof-based Math course for my University. I already designed and ordered all of the theoretical content in the course and included some ad hoc exercises for practicing each ... undergraduate-education reference-request course-design teaching   asked by Martin Copes 6 votes Resource request: superposition of triangular lattice and its hexagonal dual lattice I was wondering if anyone knew of a source for pdfs of graph paper with both the triangular lattice and its dual hexgonal lattice superimposed over each other? I would like this to hand out to my ... reference-request   asked by gregory_byler 5 votes Interdisciplinary Calculus and Statistics Texts for Advanced Secondary Students I'm planning some interdisciplinary options for future students at a small independent school to be implemented in the next few years. The courses would be offered as independent studies and students ... secondary-education textbooks interdisciplinary   asked by Andrew 3 votes How to work with polynomials in difficult classes? I am currently teaching a very difficult class, with young people (16 years old) who are deeply unmotivated and restless. I should work with them with polynomials, but I'm having a troublesome time; ... student-motivation class-participation games solving-polynomials   asked by marco trevi 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: For calculus students, what should be the intuition or motivation behind series? I've noticed that series are one of the most difficult portions of calculus for new students to learn. I think the level of abstraction has to do with this. Limits, derivatives, and integrals, as ... calculus concept-motivation intuition series   asked by Brian Rushton 21 votes answered by András Bátkai 17 votes Issues with "equals", where does this come from and how do I combat it? An issue I see with students a lot is abuse of the equals sign. For example, one problem asked "what is the degree of the polynomial: $\text{polynomial}$?", and I got answers like ... mathematical-pedagogy algebra   asked by avid19 49 votes answered by Daniel Hast 52 votes

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