[sill: Re: [Tutor] help ;-)]

[Glen Wheeler]

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> > Today I was telling my Math 105 students, how they need to think what
> > everything *means*. Note (I told them) that I do NOT simply say, "For
> > this type of problem, apply this technique, ...for this other type,
> > apply this technique..." In MY class, I go into a great deal of
> > motivation, try to demonstrate relationships, and give reasons why stuff
> > behaves as it does. I tell the students, that they need to try to wrap
> > their brains around these ideas so that when they encounter unfamiliar
> > problems, they will be able to reason them out and think for themselves.
> > I'm very big on problem solving.
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> That's the right direction, but just not enough. It's sort of like walking
> into a pen with slaves and telling them "keep working, but think free
> thoughts, about mountain climbing, dewy forests and such".
>

  And how would you solve these 'problems'?  I think that Sheila's method of
teaching sounds great.