...Perhaps one of the most important things to do is to make a student smile, if they're smiling or laughing they're far more likely to commit what they learn to memory as they'll enjoy what they're learning. Its also important for students to see what mathematics does. The most common question I hear is, "Why are we learning this?" or "Why is this useful?". (read more)
...It is one of my favorite subjects and one I am almost always happy to share about. In addition to having been exposed to (and written on) many subjects involving statistics (quantum mechanics, statistical physics, etc), I have also written quite a few computer programs to handle data science tas... (read more)