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Yorkie
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Thanks, although Dr. Corwin doesn't do anything nearly as fun as this stuff | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 06:51 docvoc wrote: Damn I wish I had had you as my math teacher. In high school I had 3 math teachers. One of them reminds me a bit of you in the way you've described your class time and he was literally the most gifted teacher (or at least in the top 3) I'd had up until college (I'd still put him in the top 5 now). The other two were awful. Very cool blog DPB  .Haha thanks Yeah it's interesting how much of an impact one teacher can have on a student's perspective on an entire subject. Math seems to be extremely polarizing in this respect, where many students (even in middle school and high school) "hate math" because of one teacher (more commonly than those who love math because of one teacher), and that's a pity. It's usually those teachers that aren't passionate and don't take the time to cater to the students' needs that turn away the class from enjoying the subject for the rest of their academic careers. But on the other side of the spectrum, some teachers really get students fired up and eager to learn On April 03 2014 07:18 Yorkie wrote: Thanks, although Dr. Corwin doesn't do anything nearly as fun as this stuff I'm not sure of your professor's personality, but a lot of time educators feel that they aren't able to make class as fun or as interesting because of certain curricular constraints (what they have time to cover) and political pressure (how they need to cover it). Fortunately, there is a lot more freedom as a professor than as a high school teacher, and I was fortunate enough to get a job where my administrators basically tell me "Here's the syllabus, teach it however you want, just get the kids to learn it". And that's really the way it should be; teachers should have more control over how they teach the material, since they're already bound by what content to teach. And I've found that one of the best ways to get students engaged during class is if the professor is enthusiastic (why should students care if the professor doesn't care?), as it tends to become contagious, and if you center the instruction around the students (answering questions, collaborating, etc.) more frequently than you center the instruction around the teacher as a lecturer (direct instruction). | ||
BigFan
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On April 03 2014 04:24 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Haha touche ^^ Yeah the students had a good time I was hoping you got the reference ^^ ya, it does sound like fun. I think as long as you can show students that you are engaged in teaching as they are in learning and not a straight forward didactic lecture, you'll have their attention and respect as well | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 09:17 BigFan wrote: I was hoping you got the reference ^^ ya, it does sound like fun. I think as long as you can show students that you are engaged in teaching as they are in learning and not a straight forward didactic lecture, you'll have their attention and respect as well I did get the reference And I agree with you. Especially at the college level (where they're mature enough to make decisions like not attending class), you definitely need your students' respect if you want them to take your class seriously. | ||
Shellshock
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DarkPlasmaBall
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On April 03 2014 09:27 Shellshock wrote: mole day >>>>> pi day 6/2? By June, everyone's already checking out though! It's nice to break up the monotony of March with some yummy pi How do you even celebrate Mole Day anyway? My mom's taught chemistry for like 35 years and even she hasn't done anything special on that day (although she notes its existence) lol. EDIT: Or 10/23? Two different mole days lol >.< | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_Day we celebrated it by making lollipops in chem lab in high school | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 09:31 Shellshock wrote: it's 10/23 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_Day we celebrated it by making lollipops in chem lab in high school Haha nice Pie >>> Lollipops though, sorry!  | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
we did the birthday problem in my stats class. that was one that really surprised me. we luckily had 23 people in the class and happened to have 1 repeat birthday (Dec 5) | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
Math is the language of science, so I think they complement each other quite beautifully ^^ | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On April 03 2014 09:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: That's pretty cool Math is the language of science, so I think they complement each other quite beautifully ^^ Math is a shovel. It's only a tool. I dislike Math for Math's sakes alone. Most academic mathematicians pride themselves on researching useless stuff. Hehe | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 10:05 neoghaleon55 wrote: Math is a shovel. It's only a tool. I dislike Math for Math's sakes alone. Most academic mathematicians pride themselves on researching useless stuff. Hehe Them's fightin' words, friend  | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
Relevant. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
Also, we can be useless when we want to be, but we can also be necessary | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
On April 03 2014 10:15 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: MK is a beast. He also clearly advocates both math and physics ^^ He's clearly calling you guys shovel carriers... or gardeners. hehe | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 10:18 neoghaleon55 wrote: He's clearly calling you guys shovel carriers... or gardeners. hehe DongRaeGuldenRatio would disagree | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
You leave him out of this! fighting dirty... | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44329 Posts
On April 03 2014 10:25 neoghaleon55 wrote: You leave him out of this! fighting dirty... You mess with the bull... | ||
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neoghaleon55
United States7435 Posts
As long as they're not useless. hehe. I'm a chemist and there are plenty of useless research floating about. A few years back I remembered someone presenting the third ionization state of Cesium Oxide under near absolute zero...wth, when is that ever going to be useful? Who keeps giving these dumb groups all these monies?! heh. | ||
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NeuroticPsychosis
United States322 Posts
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