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How I help my Students overcome their Fears, create a Supportive Classroom, and get Students to ask Good Questions

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Mohammed Kaabar

During my five years of teaching experience as a teaching assistant including teaching, grading and math tutoring at Washington State University (WSU) and American University of Sharjah (AUS), I have noticed that many students are not motivated because they are … Continue reading →

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Teaching Calculus: Two Handy Techniques

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mohammed Kaabar

In my five years of teaching calculus, I’ve noticed that students often struggle with partial fractions and integration by parts. Therefore, here are two alternative methods I use that are faster and easier than the traditional methods that most authors … Continue reading →

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CHAT-ing Our Way to a Better Community

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Sarah K. Salmon

Back in May, Alexander Diaz wrote about diversity in the mathematical community and gave some great advice on how to foster a more diverse community. In our mathematics department at CU, we are taking several steps toward that aim, and … Continue reading →

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Five Things to do as a Graduate Student in Mathematics

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Mohammed Kaabar

I would like to share with you my first year experience as a graduate student in mathematics at Washington State University, and I want to give you some suggestions about what you should do as a graduate student in mathematics. … Continue reading →

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My solution to a panicked classroom

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sarah K. Salmon

Coming into grad school, I had little experience communicating mathematics to students who were not already committed to learning the material and minimal background in educational pedagogy. This post is all about how I dealt with one problem this semester. … Continue reading →

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