Articles Tagged with mathematics

On your own

Adult learning

Our tutoring consultant offers some comments based on his experience as a teacher and as a learner.

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A small change

Making it harder

We ponder the question of just what makes a math problem difficult.

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Back to C

The difference between languages

We are struck by the great range of things included in the term “software.”

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Cyborg students

Virtually testing times

What do tests measure?

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Industrial science

Gravity’s next step

We notice an area of science where theories are so numerous a system has been imposed to keep track.

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I made a mistake

An unusual scientific paper

Science is generally self-correcting, but usually not in the same person.

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Rules, principles and recipes (III)

The laws of mathematics

There should be no question of using one’s judgement or intuition in applying the rules one learns in math class, of course. . .

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Inscribed by hand (I)

Is handwriting necessary?

Handwritten English is much less important than it was.  But handwriting is not.

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Objectives of teaching

High and low

We find challenges at each end of teaching.

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Mathematics and craftsmanship

Unexpected moments

Students can learn things we don’t think we’re teaching.

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