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Where to buy premium white chalk in the U.S., like they have at RIMS?
While not a research-level math question, I'm sure this is a question of interest to many research-level mathematicians, whose expertise I seek.
At RIMS (in Kyoto) in 2005, they had the best white chalk I've seen anywhere. It's slightly larger than…
Allen Knutson
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Resources for teaching arithmetic to calculus students
Every time we teach calculus we discover that a significant portion of our students never understood arithmetic. I don't mean that they can't multiply numbers, but rather that they don't know intuitively that a car going 15 miles an hour goes 1…
Alexander Woo
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Teaching polarisation formula
When teaching about Hilbert spaces, one begins with a polarisation formula, which allows us to reconstruct the scalar product from the norm:
$$\langle u,v\rangle=\frac14(\|u+v\|^2-\|u-v\|^2+\imath\|u+\imath v\|^2-\imath\|u-\imath v\|^2).$$
Is there…
Denis Serre
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Mathematics seminar for "non-mathematicians"
Next term I am leading a seminar for students, who will become teachers for elementary school i.e. for kids of age 6-10. The students in the seminar will have no mathematical background beyond the "Abitur". They are supposed to give a 45 minutes…
Sebastian Petersen
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Publishing with Undergraduates
Is doing research with a student considered to be good for a dossier? Is it okay to have few research publications but a lot of student projects? I am finishing up a grad program and am looking at tenure track jobs at both big and small schools.
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Suggestions for teaching advanced high school students
Hi all,
I'm a grad student and just joined a mentoring program in which I will visit a group of advanced year ten high school students (around 16 years old) from a group of schools in the area. I don't quite know where they're at just yet. I assume…
kangdon
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Chalkboard eraser
I just started my first year of university and because I'm visually impared I have trouble seeing what's written on the chalkboard.
I've partially solved this problem by purchasing chalk from hagoromo and asking my professors to use it. (Leaves a…
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How much of math could be taught without using mathematical notation?
Given that mathematics is not about number, and that it is not even about the cryptic notation used to describe mathematical problems, how much of mathematics could be taught without reference to mathematical notations?
When I ask "how much", I'm…
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Professional skills advising for math jobs
Hi,
I am a postdoc at the University of Nottingham (UK) and I am beginning to apply for Assistant Professor positions in US.
I would like to receive a feedback on the material that I am sending (mainly the teaching statement).
Does anyone know any…
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Resources on blended teaching and flipped classroom in undergraduate mathematics education
I'd like to learn about the implementation of "blended teaching" in general and "flipped classroom" in particular for the teaching of undergraduate mathematics. Can anyone recommend some good resources?
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proof without words for logarithms
Does anyone know of any PROOF WITHOUT WORDS for logarithmic functions?
The only one I've seen in calculus based and I need one for high school math kids in MATH 1,2,3.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
