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Welcome to the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos « Gowers's Weblog
"This is the first of what I hope will be a long series of posts aimed at providing back-up to first-year Cambridge mathematicians. This may seem a strange thing to do, since the Cambridge system of supervisions (classes taught on a one-to-two basis, usually discussing questions set by lecturers) already provides an excellent back-up to lectures. Do Cambridge undergraduates, who already have closer attention than in any other university I know about, really need even more help?"
post  discussion  math  gowers  series  teaching  education  college 
october 2011 by joecamel
BiwaScheme : Scheme interpreter for browsers
"BiwaScheme is a Scheme interpreter written in JavaScript." It seems to be actively developed.
scheme  javascript  web  browser  interpreter  teaching  interactive 
august 2011 by joecamel
Massive Scale Data Mining for Education | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM
"Let's say, in the near future, tens of millions of students start learning math using online computer software. Our logs fill with a massive new data stream, millions of students doing billions of exercises, as the students work."
education  datamining  teaching  learning 
november 2010 by joecamel
How to Read Mathematics
"A reading protocol is a set of strategies that a reader must use in order to benefit fully from reading the text. Poetry calls for a different set of strategies than fiction, and fiction a different set than non-fiction. It would be ridiculous to read fiction and ask oneself what is the author's source for the assertion that the hero is blond and tanned; it would be wrong to read non-fiction and not ask such a question. This reading protocol extends to a viewing or listening protocol in art and music. Indeed, much of the introductory course material in literature, music and art is spent teaching these protocols."
reading  teaching  tips  mathematics  education  math  article  advice  learning 
october 2010 by joecamel
Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history
"This site is being developed by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the static Western art history textbook. We are looking for contributors—especially for canonical non-Western material and other survey topics we have not yet covered. We welcome comments, feedback and corrections."
art  history  teaching  video  interactive  learning  education  visualization 
april 2010 by joecamel
5.95J Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering, Spring 2009
"This participatory seminar focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching science and engineering in higher education. This course is designed for graduate students interested in an academic career, and anyone else interested in teaching. Readings and discussions include: teaching equations for understanding, designing exam and homework questions, incorporating histories of science, creating absorbing lectures, teaching for transfer, the evils of PowerPoint, and planning a course. The subject is appropriate for both novices and those with teaching experience."
ocw  teaching  education  mit  course 
december 2009 by joecamel
Professor Aaronson's teaching statement
Nice writing about teaching (TCS) and his personal experience (good and bad).
tcs  teaching  education  scott.aaronson  filetype:pdf  media:document 
october 2009 by joecamel
A Mathematician’s Lament
by Paul Lockhart. "...the most blistering indictment of K-12 “math” education I’ve ever encountered." - S. Aaronson and I agree :)
education  math  teaching  essay  learning  creativity  filetype:pdf  media:document 
june 2009 by joecamel

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