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.

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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
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spelling mit-1721.1/1160262022-09-30T23:57:38Z Doceamus: The Core Ideas in Our Teaching Strang, Gilbert Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Strang, Gilbert 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. 2018-05-31T17:42:09Z 2018-05-31T17:42:09Z 2014-11 2018-05-30T18:18:51Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-9920 1088-9477 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116026 Strang, Gilbert. “Doceamus: The Core Ideas in Our Teaching.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society 61, 10 (November 2014): 1243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/NOTI1174 Notices of the American Mathematical Society Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Mathematical Society (AMS) American Mathematical Society
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