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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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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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I know that when a person knows too much he becomes a bad math teacher. Because he tends to explain more advanced concepts the students cannot follows. In fact, most the the great mathemations from history where horiffic teachers excluding Karl Jacobi.
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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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I rest my case

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I do not know much about math education. But I believe George Polya was a very good teacher, many textbooks on math mention him and his teaching methods.
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I do not know much about math education. But I believe George Polya was a very good teacher, many textbooks on math mention him and his teaching methods.
His books were compuslory reading for maths students when I was an undergraduate.

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His books were compuslory reading for maths students when I was an undergraduate.

That explains a lot about today's general ignorance about the subject

...May I ask when was that exactly?
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That explains a lot about today's general ignorance about the subject

...May I ask when was that exactly?
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