Monthly Archives: January 2016

Documenting the Academic Job Search – Part IV

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Derek Smith

(Read Part III here.) This will be the last installment in my job search series, though it will perhaps be the most important. In particular, I share research on negotiating a job offer.

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Visualizing Newton’s Method

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Juliettte Bruce

Well for most of us winter break is coming to an end, or for the unlucky, might have already ended, which means its time to start thinking about teaching again. One of the topics commonly covered in a first or … Continue reading →

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How to change the Traditional Mathematics Teaching from the Memorization-Based Method to Interactive-Based Method

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Mohammed Kaabar

During my Calculus II teaching in Fall 2015 at Washington State University (WSU), several students told me that “Volumes” is one of the most difficult topics in Calculus II, and they also told me “it is difficult to apply what we learned … Continue reading →

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Cheat Sheet for This Week’s JMM

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Alexi

The Joint Mathematics Meetings are being held this week in Seattle!  In the most recent blog post, Derek gave advice on how to navigate the JMM when you are on the job market and/or presenting your own research.  Here in this complementary post, … Continue reading →

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