...After seeing that, I started to practice with my own calculator, gradually picking up tricks to simplify and solve everything faster and with perfect accuracy. Eventually, I crossed the threshold where math finally "clicked" for me - math went from just another subject in school to something I w... (read more)
...I find this increases the student's ability to ask me when they don't understand the material. They find me quite approachable. When my students were anonymously surveyed at the end of the semester many commented on my enthusiasm. (read more)