How to be a good teacher is an undecidable problem

How to be a good teacher is an undecidable problem

In this article, I describe my attempts to use various pedagogical techniques to teach college level mathematics and the particular problems that I ran into with each. I explain how I reached the conclusion that there is no best pedagogical approach. Rather each person's teaching methods should...

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Veröffentlicht in:The College mathematics journal 2011-11, Vol.42 (5), p.1
1. Verfasser: Flapan, Erica
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Mathematics education
Objectives
Pedagogy
Teachers
Teaching methods
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, I describe my attempts to use various pedagogical techniques to teach college level mathematics and the particular problems that I ran into with each. I explain how I reached the conclusion that there is no best pedagogical approach. Rather each person's teaching methods should fit their personality, their mathematical preferences, and the needs and goals of their courses and their students. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0746-8342
1931-1346