Doceamus: The Core Ideas in Our Teaching

What will our students remember? One answer comes quickly but it is a counsel of despair: nothing at all. At the other extreme is an impossible hope that we all cherish: everything we say. Let me look for an intermediate answer, closer to reality, possibly by changing the question.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strang, Gilbert
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Published: American Mathematical Society (AMS) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116026
Description
Summary:What will our students remember? One answer comes quickly but it is a counsel of despair: nothing at all. At the other extreme is an impossible hope that we all cherish: everything we say. Let me look for an intermediate answer, closer to reality, possibly by changing the question.