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Awarded 45 times.
Students confusing "object types" in introductory proofs class
Awarded Jul 15 at 13:20
Dividing by zero
Awarded Mar 13 at 20:10
Optimization problems that today's students might actually encounter?
Awarded Mar 9 at 20:03
Why are there two inverses to exponentiation?
Awarded May 25, 2023 at 17:32
Is it harmful to use the word "Cancel"?
Awarded May 18, 2023 at 5:33
Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
Awarded Mar 14, 2023 at 1:50
f(x+h) in the difference quotient
Awarded Mar 1, 2023 at 5:56
Is there a canonical name for a polynomial-like expression allowing for negative powers?
Awarded Feb 6, 2023 at 4:17
Rationale for not dividing both sides of an equation by $x$ (ex: $6x^2 = 12x$)
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 15:57
Are there science-backed effective teaching strategies?
Awarded Feb 20, 2022 at 5:55
Examples why university education is important for future high school teachers
Awarded Jul 16, 2021 at 17:09
Which product of single digits do children usually get wrong?
Awarded May 23, 2021 at 13:40
How to explain that winning the lottery is not a 50/50 distribution?
Awarded Oct 22, 2020 at 18:08
Future educators writing nonsense questions
Awarded Oct 7, 2020 at 23:40
Why we have to be so precise in Geometry?
Awarded Sep 20, 2020 at 9:49
Questions with "round" answers only?
Awarded Aug 12, 2020 at 8:45
Encouraging class participation
Awarded Aug 2, 2020 at 11:20
How rigorous should high school calculus be?
Awarded May 13, 2020 at 10:08
How does a teacher come up with plausible wrong answers for multiple choice tests?
Awarded Mar 17, 2020 at 23:00
How can I teach my students the difference between a sequence and a series?
Awarded Jan 25, 2020 at 23:20
How do I teach algebra?
Awarded Sep 20, 2019 at 3:50
Teaching by Slides, Yes or No?
Awarded Aug 22, 2019 at 20:50
The concept of infinity for a 5 year old
Awarded Feb 15, 2019 at 8:10
How to deal with a "protest" assignment?
Awarded Feb 11, 2019 at 5:10
Why do inequalities flip signs?
Awarded Feb 10, 2019 at 3:10
How is calculus helpful for biology majors?
Awarded Oct 23, 2018 at 0:45
Grading a limit problem
Awarded May 6, 2018 at 20:41
How to explain the flipping of division by a fraction?
Awarded Apr 10, 2018 at 16:59
Intergration by differentiating will get you $0$ marks - but how to explain why?
Awarded Mar 31, 2018 at 1:01
What's a replacement for "married couples" in combinatorics problems?
Awarded Mar 5, 2018 at 18:59
Lecturers "(intentional) mistakes" as a teaching tool
Awarded Jan 11, 2018 at 14:30
Unique candidate that fails
Awarded Dec 31, 2017 at 3:12
Whence the "everything is linear" phenomenon, and what can we do about it?
Awarded Dec 25, 2017 at 17:15
Why are percentages part of the curriculum?
Awarded May 3, 2017 at 11:20
Is it worth grading calculus homework?
Awarded Jan 5, 2017 at 16:32
Why are induction proofs so challenging for students?
Awarded Dec 31, 2016 at 20:17
Should students be told they're wrong
Awarded Aug 21, 2016 at 14:57
How to handle the situation where a student insists I am wrong during the class?
Awarded Feb 25, 2016 at 22:57
How to cure students from the idea that root and squaring are identity operators?
Awarded Nov 30, 2015 at 16:02
What is a good method for drawing a Möbius band on the blackboard?
Awarded Nov 15, 2015 at 17:31
Student: Why not use a calculator?
Awarded Nov 8, 2015 at 19:51
Issues with "equals", where does this come from and how do I combat it?
Awarded May 25, 2015 at 2:57
Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of
Awarded Mar 5, 2015 at 17:44
What is a good handwriting font for mathematics?
Awarded Nov 5, 2014 at 3:46
What should be included in a freshman 'Mathematics for computer programmers' course?
Awarded Sep 10, 2014 at 17:58