Paul
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Re: Maths pedagaogy
Posted:
Mar 19, 2013 8:46 PM
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:57:13 PM UTC, David C. Ullrich wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:38:20 -0700 (PDT), pepstein5@gmail.com wrote:
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> >On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:26:49 PM UTC, Frederick Williams wrote:
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> >> > Yes, but the best teachers and authors have mastered the art of
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> >> While the lecturer knows to whom he is lecturing, the author of a book
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> >This seems exactly the wrong way round. A good maths book will specify exactly what the readership is expected to know -- "prerequisites" in other words.
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> >On the other hand, the abilities and knowledge bases of a graduate and undergraduate class can vary enormously, and it is difficult (but not impossible) to find out what they know.
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> Your, erm, experience must be vastly different from mine;
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I don't teach, David.
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