Updated version of generic advice post: Platitudes v3. I think this is an important question to answer, not the least of reasons being that understanding how to learn is extremely useful both for teaching and learning. [1] About a year ago [2], I posted my thoughts on what the most important things were in math… Continue reading What leads to success at math contests?
Tag: reflection
Constructing Parallelograms
This is a reflection of a talk I gave today. Hopefully these reflections (a) help me give better talks, and (b) help out some others. Today I was worked from 6PM-8PM with the Intermediate group at the Berkeley Math Circle, middle school students maybe one or two standard deviations above the average honors student. My… Continue reading Constructing Parallelograms
Power Overwhelming 