How to Teach Mathematics

Name: How to Teach Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780821813980

ISBN-10: 0821813986

ISBN-13: 9780821813980

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Steven G. Krantz

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This expanded edition of the original bestseller, How to Teach Mathematics, offers hands-on guidance for teaching mathematics in the modern classroom setting. Twelve appendices have been added that are written by experts who have a wide range of opinions and viewpoints on the major teaching issues. Eschewing generalities, the award-winning author and teacher, Steven Krantz, addresses issues such as preparation, presentation, discipline, and grading. He also emphasizes specifics--from how to deal with students who beg for extra points on an exam to mastering blackboard technique to how to use applications effectively. No other contemporary book addresses the principles of good teaching in…

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List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Publication date: 12/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 307
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Guiding principles Practical matters


Spiritual matters Difficult matters


A new beginning Appendices


The irrelevance of calculus reform: Ruminations of a sage-on-the-stage


Mathematical content Personal thoughts on mature teaching Remember the students


Reflections on Krantz's $\textit{How to Teach Mathematics}$


A different view Are we encouraging our students to think mathematically?


Big business, race, and gender in mathematics reform Will this be on the exam?


Teaching or appearing to teach: What's the difference?


Why (and how) I teach without long lectures


The joy of lecturing–with a critique of the romantic tradition in education writing


Teaching freshmen to learn mathematics


Bibliography


Index