{"id":26633,"date":"2016-01-03T23:21:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T04:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/?p=26633"},"modified":"2016-01-31T22:47:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T03:47:27","slug":"change-traditional-mathematics-teaching-memorization-based-method-interactive-based-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2016\/01\/03\/change-traditional-mathematics-teaching-memorization-based-method-interactive-based-method\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the Traditional Mathematics Teaching from the Memorization-Based Method to Interactive-Based Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my Calculus II teaching in Fall 2015 at Washington State University (WSU), several students told me that \u201cVolume\"logos\u201d\u00a0is one of the most difficult\u00a0topics in Calculus II, and they also told me \u201cit is difficult to apply what we learned from the course\u2019s textbook to find the volume of solid correctly without getting at\u00a0least some minor mistakes\u201d. I told them: \u201cI will show you that \u201cVolumes\u201d is the easiest topic in Calculus II by changing the method of \u201cVolumes\u201d teaching form traditional (memorization) one to modern (interactive) one\u201d. A good math teacher is the one who can listen to students\u2019 concerns and apply whatever possible to help them understand the material in an interactive and interesting way. The following is one example out of many examples that I do in my Calculus II class to help my students understand the course\u2019s material in interactive way using real-life applications:<\/p>\n

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In conclusion, if we apply real-life examples to our courses\u2019 materials as I did in this example, then we can create an interactive-based math class.<\/p>\n

To see more examples like this and other interactive methods, please see my course webpage<\/a>.\u00a0 Best of luck and feel free to reach out if you have questions!<\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kaabar, M. K. A. (2012). Mohammed Kaabar Website<\/u>, Available at http:\/\/www.mohammed-kaabar.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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During my Calculus II teaching in Fall 2015 at Washington State University (WSU), several students told me that \u201cVolumes\u201d\u00a0is one of the most difficult\u00a0topics in Calculus II, and they also told me \u201cit is difficult to apply what we learned … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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