Unanswered Questions
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Studies on the change in effectiveness of pedagogical practices over time
Are there any studies that have investigated this question?
Why certain pedagogical practices that used to be effective up to a few years ago, may suddenly become less or even no longer effective?
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What are your experiences with Buck’s Advanced Calculus?
I stumbled across the book when searching for rigorous alternatives to Rudin with some solutions. It’s an “old school” (1965) calculus text but, I think, covers similar material to Rudin in a more ...
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Mathematics Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Good Day!
I need help in finding a free validated and reliable tool in assessing (elementary or high school) students' Mathematics Self-Efficacy.
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Making co-ordinate geometry interesting for XI grade students
I am presently teaching eleventh grade (XI standard) students an introductory course in co-ordinate geometry with a focus on preparations for competitive exams. I have seen books like S.L.Loney's co-...
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When Did They Start Using Ohm's Triangle for Arithmetic Topics?
I am here with a historical question about maths education. I hope I have chosen the right SE as there are confusingly three that pertain to historical research into mathematics.
Any quantitative ...
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"Tools" (literarily) for solving linear or quadratic equations
Since a few weeks, I teach as a tutor (not from that school) a support course in a German 9/10 class. I quickly noticed a horrible lack of basics. (Partly based on just different names - I had to ...
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Which areas of maths should underperforming western countries focus on?
I am not sure which StackExchange to ask this question but I am interested in the relative underperformance of Western countries such as Australia, US, UK compared to other higher performing countries ...
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Math websites/apps for high school students
I am undergraduate math student who is interested in being a high school math teacher. I have been given an assignment to present to my class (for a total of about 20 minutes) a teaching tool or a ...
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Teaching aid for online mathematics course
Crossposting from the math.stackexchange (Question)
Online classes will start again as the semester will start, I bought an XP-Pen deco 03 to help me with online teaching. I will be teaching ...
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why don't we do labs in/for math?
(this is in the US and at a high school level)
why don't we dedicate a day of the week each week to do a lab for math for exploration? I mean we already do that for Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry ...
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Introduction of the power set as a collection of *labels* or *names* for subsets
The way that naïve set theory is usually presented in undergraduate education is via very concrete examples of sets, often involving non-mathematical elements. When power sets are treated, having a ...
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what is the standard subdivision or classification of calculus related rates problems?
I am working on a project where I have to group/classify calculus problems. Now with most the calculus topics, it's usually obvious how it's divided in various textbooks, but when it comes to related ...
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Book or curriculum for teaching base-16 numeral system to elementary, middle, or high school children?
In 1862, John W. Nystrom promoted the base-16 (hexadecimal) number system, which he called the "tonal system": Project of a New System of Arithmetic, Weight, Measure and Coins: Proposed to ...
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When Interpreting "If A, then B" as "A coupled with B" is rational?
It is known that the meaning of a conditional statement in fuzzy logic can vary depending on the interpretation and context. As we know, some ones interpret "if A, then B" as "A coupled ...
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What to cover on a first ordinary differential equations module?
I will have to teach a first course in differential equations. What should I cover in this module? For example, in most books, have Laplace Transforms which is fine but I would not use LT to solve ...