Come every fall, teachers of mathematics are confronted with oversized classes filled with students who vary in both their learning style and their way of communicating what they have learned. Teachers are challenged to recognize and exploit those differences—or risk bored or confused students who lack any true mathematical understanding and may end up manipulating numerical symbols and equations by rote.
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