Republic of Mathematics blog

One of the reasons I talk a lot less in class than I used to is because, in my experience, my students do not have good listening skills. The main reason I talk less is because I am listening more – listening to student concerns, watching for the creased brow, the frown, as another student […]

A few semesters ago I began to teach differential equations to sophomore undergraduates through extended projects, using  professional grade tools – MATLAB, Maple and Mathematica – that scientists and engineers use in their practice. An older student in the class was a technician at a nationally known engineering company. He was re-training to be an […]