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For questions about teaching mathematics in secondary education (in most countries approx. ages 10-18).
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How to compile a crash course on Mathematics?
I'm not sure if this is helpful, but the Art of Problem Solving Textbooks are written in a style similar to the one you seem to be proposing, and they are excellent.
http://www.artofproblemsolving. …
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What is the best way to teach compound interest in high school?
I would start by making them produce an amortization table for a compound interest loan "by hand" (in a spreadsheet program like Excel). You can have them do a standard amortization table, and then …
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How do I get my middle schoolers warmed back up at the start of the year prior to giving a p...
I'm going to be teaching small (< 10 students) but very mixed group of middle schoolers (US system, ages 11-13) who have had varying amounts of pre-algebra and algebra instruction thus far. I need to …
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Do all high school students need the same 3-year sequence of math courses?
I've always thought we should teach students more statistics. Including "uses and abuses" thereof. Serious statistics does require calculus, of course, but I'd throw a non-calculus-based statistics …
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Cost and benefits of compartmentalization in k-12 curriculum
The compartmentalization drives me crazy. I'll have students who can use the distributive law perfectly when we're on the "distributive law" chapter in the book. But if I later give them a problem t …