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2024-09-02
A Strange Commitment
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I was recently reminded of this anecdote from Junaid Mubeen, originally in Bright Magazine. Juniad recalls a time where he assisted his 12-y...
2024-08-26
Phonics Makes a Comeback
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As a long-time instructor of remedial math at a community college (among other things), I've always felt strongly that our discipline is...
2024-08-05
Duality of Floor and Modulus
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Have you ever considered the duality of the floor and modulus operators, in that either one can be expressed in terms of the other (along ...
2024-07-08
Yes, Euclid's Proof of Infinite Primes Uses Contradiction
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It's common nowadays in conversations about the method of proof-by-contradiction for someone to pop in and say, "People think Eucli...
2024-02-12
A Game for Bored Math Teachers
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Let's say you're an instructor in a low-level math course; maybe something like college algebra, a liberal-arts math course, or some...
2024-01-22
Radicals and Absolute Values
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Here's a fact that I've never seen expressed clearly, or in this way, in any of the several college-level algebra books from which I...
2023-12-02
Nate Bargatze on Remedial Classes
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Comedian Nate Bargatze talks about his experience taking remedial classes at a community college in Tennessee:
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