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Old June 13th, 2007, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by blueridge View Post
Honestly, what makes a good math teacher?

I feel that a good math teacher does not intimidate his or her students through assignments way beyond the years of the students. This is very common in math courses.

I feel that a good math teacher or math tutor can reduce the material to the level of students.

I feel that math is only as hard as the person who is teaching it.

What is your view?

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It depends on the student, I suspect what some here would consider a
good teacher would horrify the majority of the students asking questions
here (see the links in Plato's post)

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