Articles Tagged with teaching

More of the story

Published on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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A testing time

Published on March 17, 2020March 16, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Without tests

Students will learn something with their schools closed, though it may be unwelcome.

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Objectives of teaching

Published on January 28, 2020January 26, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

High and low

We find challenges at each end of teaching.

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Mathematics and craftsmanship

Published on December 24, 2019December 23, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Unexpected moments

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

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The synthesis project

Published on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Ways of being intelligent

We present an idea that won’t work.

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Greek tragedy

Published on November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Retained in translation

What comes across, and doesn’t, when we change languages.

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Winding an armature

Published on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Too much information

We encounter an example of a very modern problem.

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Coding

Published on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An unforgiving art

It’s hard to face a compiler with confidence.

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A long time

Published on September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Changes

What is “permanent” depends on your point of view.

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Making assumptions

Published on August 20, 2019August 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What’s reasonable?

We have to start somewhere.  Sometimes the exact place isn’t important.

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