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0 pointsanalog319y ago0 comments

Note that I didn't downvote you. I actually consider the answer wrong too, and the professors agreed too. One of them said: "Obviously the student doesn't understand the problem."

I thought to myself: "You understand the problem because you know the answer." But I held my tongue.

But at the present state of the art, the student has no idea why the answer is wrong. That's where I think their high school math background failed them.

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yequalsx9y ago

The danger of always using nice numbers! I've taught topics where I thought I had the best lecture, the best examples and that it would be impossible for a student to misinterpret the method. Some still did come up with flawed thinking. It's hard.

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0 pointsanalog319y ago0 comments

Note that I didn't downvote you. I actually consider the answer wrong too, and the professors agreed too. One of them said: "Obviously the student doesn't understand the problem."

I thought to myself: "You understand the problem because you know the answer." But I held my tongue.

But at the present state of the art, the student has no idea why the answer is wrong. That's where I think their high school math background failed them.

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yequalsx9y ago

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