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Understanding Your Teaching

May 24, 2018

A row of pie charts shows a PhD student understanding less and less of research talks, until teaching undergrads, the one thing they fully understand.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-24-understanding-your-teaching/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "How a PhD Friend Explained the Benefits of Teaching"

[Pie charts of Understand vs. Don't Understand] Own Research (about half understood) · Colleague's Research (a quarter) · Seminar in Own Field (a sliver) · Colloquium in Another Field (a hairline) · Teaching Undergrads (fully understood: a smiling face)

Topics
Statistics › Pie ChartsStatistics › Data DisplaysNumber & Arithmetic › FractionsMath Culture › ResearchMath Culture › Teaching
Level
High SchoolCollegeAll Ages
Themes
MathematiciansTeachers & ClassroomVisual ExplanationsFor Teachers (Classroom Satire)