too much pressure

Thursday, November 04, 2004

as you wish

I taught today, it was okay.

Monday, November 01, 2004

problem posing

Questions students should ask about every math problem

Existence - Does it have a solution
Uniqueness - Is the solution or method unique?
extreme or degenerate cases - Is there a minimum or maximum?
specialization - Can we make a rule? Is there a special case or outlier? Can we restrict some
variable and get different/same answers?

Does it matter what a teacher has up on the wall? If I had a poster with these ideas would it encourage more questions asked? Do students even pay attention to what's on the wall in a classroom? Does it work like subliminal messages?