Unanswered Questions
51 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How can a church or other non-academic institution find and hire math teachers?
We'd like to set up a remedial math program in our church. To do so, we would need to hire at least two teachers who could design courses in middle school and high school math, and teach them.
I'm a ...
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Assigning a semi-independent project for current math I students to learn a topic in Math II overlap with math I, and teach a math II class, how to?
How can I foster a growth mindset and sense of belonging to the intellectual realm among Algebra II students by having them undertake a semi-independent project where they learn to teach an ...
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Resources to introduce Modular arithmetic
We have Clock arithmetic in grades 5 , 6 and thereafter nothing related to the Modular arithmetic is taught until students enter to the universities. Since this is very important topic in Number ...
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Math textbook for secondary school using Logo like language
What math textbooks for kids do you know that use Logo or similar languages with visual robots like Turtle (in "The Turtle Geometry") that demonstrate space motions, transformations of all ...
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When can students understand the intersection of two circles?
I'm interested in learning two transitions:
(1) When can students reason (intuitively, but accurately) to conclude that two circles in the plane
could intersect in $0$, $1$, or $2$ points, or are ...
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1st time math teacher 1st test feedback appreciated
I'm not a math teacher but I've stepped into the role to assist a small private school who lost their math teacher during the holidays (I'm a mechanical engineer by trade). The course is Algebra 1 (...
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Apps to make mathematics much interesting by sharing creative ideas with others
I think proofs without words is much important topic when we want to improve students interest in subject using their skills other than in mathematics. Recently I could able to find that kind of proof ...
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Infinite descent method
We have plenty of examples in mathematical induction for advanced level mathematics students. Can we introduce infinite descent method as extremely opposite approach to mathematical induction and is ...
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simpson paradox in classroom: reports?
he Simpson's Paradox is a statistical phenomenon in which a trend or relationship observed within a dataset disappears or reverses when the dataset is divided into smaller groups. It occurs when a ...
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Is there ADA-compliance certification for mathematics text books?
What factors are there to consider when adopting a text as far as ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) is concerned? Is there a certification? What do you look for in the digital version of the text? ...
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Quality of a solution in mathematics
How can you determine a quality of a solution for a mathematics problem in general ?
If you try to explain too much then solution becomes bit longer and it takes time to go through causing less ...
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What do you use to make your course materials?
I'm a second year teacher teaching Precal for the first time.
I have a few textbooks, but the problem is that my school does not (and will never) have class sets of any of them for students to use.
To ...
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math syllabus US education system 1-12th Grade
Please share links to websites / pdf files containing syllabus in subject mathematics in US education system Grades 1-12.
Thank you.
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Symmetry of mathematical expressions in problem solving
**How would you use symmetry of mathematical expressions in problem solving in order to save time by minimizing simplifications?
This is not related to geometrical symmetry which is very much ...
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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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