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Live Note Sharing for Teaching

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Teaching Calculus Less Formally

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Do undergraduates struggle with δ-ε definitions because they lack a habit of careful use of their native language?

Mikhail Katz

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Teaching limits of sequences before limits of functions in Calculus?

Mikhail Katz

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How can I motivate the formal definition of continuity?

Mikhail Katz

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Mikhail Katz

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Self study question in calculus

Mikhail Katz

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Would teaching nonstandard calculus in an introduction calculus course make it easier to learn?

Mikhail Katz

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What is the most difficult concept to grasp in Calculus 1?

Mikhail Katz

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Why do most Analysis textbooks overlook, and fail to teach delta-epsilon proofs, using the K-ε principle?

Mikhail Katz

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What's the best way to explain multivariable limit problems to students who are not familiar with $\epsilon-\delta$ proofs?

Mikhail Katz

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When teaching someone how to prove a function is uniformly continuous, using epsilon/delta, which example would be among the simplest?

Mikhail Katz

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Good ways of explaining the idea of epsilon-delta limits to bio & chem majors?

Mikhail Katz

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Interesting but very easy epsilon-delta problems?

Mikhail Katz

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Why don’t we teach a topological view of continuity instead of epsilon-delta?

Mikhail Katz

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Evaluating the reception of (epsilon, delta) definitions

Mikhail Katz

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Making epsilon-delta proofs not just precalculus

Mikhail Katz

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The 'epsilon-delta' method for teaching limits

Mikhail Katz

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Engineering applications of epsilon-delta?

Mikhail Katz

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Is it necessary to teach the definition of a limit for engineering majors? [closed]

Mikhail Katz

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Xander Henderson♦

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Epsilons and deltas in a first calculus course

Xander Henderson♦

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Why is undergraduate math taught often in ignorance of computer science?

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Pros and Cons of NOT converting percentages to fractions or decimals

trula

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What are good strategies to teach mathematics course to MSc students who have average knowledge of previous concepts?

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How can we help students who are very anxious about math?

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Would this be considered cheating in the typical high school / college math class?

Xander Henderson♦

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Math Proofs - why are they important and how are they useful?

Daniel R. Collins

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What's the value of teaching least squares in high school?

Dan Fox

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Montessori mathematics for HS/college students

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Role of AI in student cheating in online mathematics

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Looking for insights on a new framework for teaching math through clear trails and familiar anchors [closed]

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Moving From Rote Learning To Creative Thinking

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How to explain the motivation of parentheses in addition, subtraction and multiplication?

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Integer division - what to do when the number of groups to break the dividend into is negative?

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Why is a thorough treatment of coordinate geometry missing from modern math curriculum?

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Homework Submission Clear Expectations

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Grading incomprehensible proofs

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What is the point of teaching variance?

Michael Hardy

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mathematical metaphors in Alice's adventures

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Why do we teach even and odd functions?

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Seeking Suggestions: Engaging Math Topics for Higher Secondary Students

Humberto José Bortolossi

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Geographic differences in the way in which trigonometry is taught

Michael Hardy

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Can it be defended that $\sqrt 4$ is both $2$ and $-2$ (and likewise for general square roots)?

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How do you take notes and study in Pure Mathematics Courses?

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