From the “book description” on Amazon: “…their new book follows the same cohort of undergraduates through the rest of their college careers and out into the working world…Recent graduates report trouble finding decent jobs and developing stable romantic relationships, as well as assuming civic and financial responsibility…” All the data that I have seen show […]
Prof. Teaches Stats But Doesn’t Seem to Have a Clue About the Most Fundamental Notion
July 6, 2014 by
(At a regional public university) This is from a “teacher evalaution” (of me) by a tenured professor who regularly taught statistics. First, here is a little background about the class. (Math now, then I will try to explain non-mathematically.) I was talking to the class about the sample mean. The previous day, I had showed them that […]
Ralph Had Trouble With Continuity – But Why?
July 1, 2014 by
Statistics Prof. Kevin Doesn’t Understand Basic Math, or Statistics
June 30, 2014 by
(Another story from the same regional state school – the math is in color) Prof. Kevin was a full professor. He was about 70, very nice and pleasant. I was teaching a graduate course (Intro to Complex Variables). He asked to sit in and he took notes. Early in the course I wrote something on the board in a […]
That’s What You Mean When You Say “Think”!
May 17, 2014 by
That’s a quote from a student. My wife likes the story and thought I should post it. It’s from when I taught at Southern Illinois University back in the eighties. First, you need a little background. I would tell calculus students that there is a special method for solving many math problems. When they asked what it […]
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