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CETL-MSOR 2024: Making Mathematicians
One of the goals of an undergraduate degree in mathematics is to transform students’ perception of mathematics from calculations with the rote application of formula to the reflective, creative problem-solving that is highly valued in academia and other professions. This can be achieved by incorporating authentic mathematical activities (i.e. the kind of task a maths…
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CETL-MSOR 2023: Deconstructing Problem Solving
Are there good problems to teach? Our students come from diverse backgrounds and very rarely have ahistory of connection with the mathematical sciences through family orfriendship networks. In this respect, the issue of enculturation into theproductive professional disposition required of a mathematician is anadded aspect of their education that we build upon through a module…