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| author | Lai, Yvonne |
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| contents | "Math is not a spectator sport." "Lecturing is educational malpractice." Slogans like these rally some mathematicians to teach classes that feature "active learning", where lecturing is eschewed for student participation. Yet as much as I believe that students must do math to learn math, I also find blanket statements to be more about bandwagons than considered reflection on teaching. In this column, published in the Fall 2021 AWM Newsletter, I urge us to think through the math we offer students and how we set up students to learn. Although I draw primarily from my experiences teaching proofs in abstract algebra and real analysis, the scenarios extend to other topics in first year undergraduate education and beyond. |
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| spellingShingle | Please, do tell Lai, Yvonne History and Overview 97 "Math is not a spectator sport." "Lecturing is educational malpractice." Slogans like these rally some mathematicians to teach classes that feature "active learning", where lecturing is eschewed for student participation. Yet as much as I believe that students must do math to learn math, I also find blanket statements to be more about bandwagons than considered reflection on teaching. In this column, published in the Fall 2021 AWM Newsletter, I urge us to think through the math we offer students and how we set up students to learn. Although I draw primarily from my experiences teaching proofs in abstract algebra and real analysis, the scenarios extend to other topics in first year undergraduate education and beyond. |
| title | Please, do tell |
| topic | History and Overview 97 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17478 |