Document Type
Article
Department
Mathematics (HMC)
Publication Date
11-2010
Abstract
What does it take to turn a learner into a discoverer? Or to turn a teacher into a co-adventurer? A handful of experiences—from teaching a middle-school math class to doing research with undergraduates—have changed the way that I would answer these questions. Some of the lessons I’ve learned have surprised me.
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© 2010 Mathematical Association of America
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DOI
10.4169/000298910X521634
Recommended Citation
Francis Edward Su. Teaching Research: Encouraging Discoveries. Amer. Math. Monthly, 117:159–169, 2010.
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Educational Methods Commons, Mathematics Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
Archived with permission from the Mathematical Association of America.
Reprinted in Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 (M. Pitici, ed.), Princeton University Press, 2011.