A Professor Asked His Students to Write Their Own Exam Questions

I was intrigued by this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about professors who asked students to write their own exam questions, thus forming a test bank from which the actual exam would be constructed. I’m not sure if I’d try this myself, but it definitely gave me food for thought.

Opening Paragraph of “States of Matter”

No other textbook, and possibly no other book, will ever have a better opening paragraph than Goodstein's "States of Matter": pic.twitter.com/XkjvEj6sZR

— Quantіan (@quantian1) November 11, 2019

Source: https://twitter.com/quantian1/status/1193685637033054208?s=12

Composition of Functions, Visually

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What Industrial Jobs Can I Get With a Math Degree?

From Thomas Network:

While not every math major will get the chance to work on something as exciting as the Enigma Code or black holes, there’s one career that will provide an endless stream of fascinating challenges to keep even the brightest mathematical minds busy: manufacturing.

Mathematicians are in demand for these four skills in particular:

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Critical-thinking skills

Quantitative reasoning skills

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the demand for math majors to grow by 30% from 2018 to 2028. As of last year, the median annual wage for mathematicians was $101,900.

56 Funny Math Jokes And Puns That Will Make You Smile, Easy As Pi

Just when I thought I had heard every awful math pun ever devised, along came 56 Funny Math Jokes And Puns That Will Make You Smile, Easy As Pi. I had heard about half of these before, but the other half was new. Pun #2 was my favorite.

Visualizing Vectors

From the Math Values blog of the Mathematical Association of America:

Anyone who has taught linear algebra knows how easy it is for students to get absorbed in performing matrix computations and memorizing theorems, losing the beauty of the structures in this foundational subject. James Factor and Susan Pustejovsky of Alverno College in Milwaukee, WI, bring back the visual beauty of linear algebra through their NSF-funded project Transforming Linear Algebra Education with GeoGebra Applets.

The applets are freely available in the GeoGebra book Transforming Linear Algebra Education https://www.geogebra.org/m/XnfUWvvp. Each topic is packaged with a video to show how the applets work, the applet, and learning activities.

Read more about it here: https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/visualizing-vectors