A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some "dreaming" time.
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student in some tech… - Howard Whitley Eves
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student in some tech…
- Howard Whitley Eves
A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some "dr… - Howard Whitley Eves
A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it should require some "dr…
We call the slope of a line m because the word "slope" begins with the letter m. - Howard Whitley Eves
We call the slope of a line m because the word "slope" begins with the letter m.
It is impossible to overstate the imporance of problems in mathematics. It is by means of problems that mathematics develops and actually lifts itsel… - Howard Whitley Eves
It is impossible to overstate the imporance of problems in mathematics. It is by means of problems that mathematics develops and actually lifts itsel…
One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can boast the un… - Howard Whitley Eves
One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can boast the un…
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutter… - Howard Whitley Eves
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutter…
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence. - Howard Whitley Eves
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence.
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