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What Students Learned In Math Class
Over the years, we have found that one of
the students’ greatest criticisms of any math
class is their claims that they didn’t learn
anything. I, therefore, as part of their final,
have the students list ten things they learned.
These things could be anything at all in relation
to the class. They are allowed to write their list
ahead of time and bring them to the final if they
want. Most observations are quite normal, but
some make for interesting reading. Here are
some of the classics for this year from my Math
In The Real World class, spelling errors
included.
1. I learned that I hate story problems. Of
course, I actually always knew that, so
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