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Syllabus and Course Information

• Syllabus and Course Description

Course Schedule and Materials

9/12/14: Organizational Meeting

9/19/14: Writing Quizzes and Exams

• LaTeX Template for Quizzes, and the resulting PDF
• LaTeX Template for Exams, and the resulting PDF

9/26/14: (Followup and Discussion)

10/3/14: Groupwork

• Slides
• LaTeX Template for Groupwork, and the resulting PDF

10/10/14: (Followup and Discussion)

10/17/14: Teaching Observations

• Slides

10/24/14: When a Student Struggles

• Slides

10/31/14: Writing and Delivering a Good Lecture

• Slides

11/7/14: (Followup and Discussion)

11/14/14: Alternative Course Structures

11/21/14: Giving a Good Math Talk

• Slides
• Resources
  • How to Give a Good Colloquium, John McCarthy
  • Advice on Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation, Joe Gallian
  • How to Talk Mathematics, Paul Halmos

12/5/14: Teaching Opportunities

Related Links

(Mostly an excuse to link to various xkcd comics...)

• Purity of Fields
• Substitute's Math Exam
• The Real Reason to Write a Paper?
• University Websites. (Applies to some Math Dept. sites, too.)

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