Hi, I'm Beth. I'm a queer mathematician. I'm also a webcomic and musical theater enthusiast. I am AroAce, Trans, Enby, and ActuallyAutistic Description of avatar: A four by four grid of colored squares, purple, gray, pink, and green. Original text and images I post here are public domain unless otherwise stated. Anything I share that I didn't write or draw probably isn't. Alt accounts: Akkoma: @opha@void.lgbt Rainverse Wiki: @wiki@gts.rainverse.wiki Pandora's Tale Wiki: @pandorastalewiki@transgirl.cafe "i have beth report duty :woeis: " -- @puppygirlhornypost2 #geometry #topology #combinatorics #math #teaching #asexual #aromantic #Sondheim #TeamStarkid #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki #queer #mathematician #webcomic #MusicalTheater #musicals #AroAce #trans #enby #ActuallyAutistic #Spoonie #ActuallyAnosmic
Hi, I'm Beth. I'm a queer mathematician. I'm also a webcomic and musical theater enthusiast. I am AroAce, Trans, Enby, and ActuallyAutistic Description of avatar: A four by four grid of colored squares, purple, gray, pink, and green. Original text and images I post here are public domain unless otherwise stated. Anything I share that I didn't write or draw probably isn't. Alt accounts: Akkoma: @opha@void.lgbt Rainverse Wiki: @wiki@gts.rainverse.wiki Pandora's Tale Wiki: @pandorastalewiki@transgirl.cafe "i have beth report duty :woeis: " -- @puppygirlhornypost2 #geometry #topology #combinatorics #math #teaching #asexual #aromantic #Sondheim #TeamStarkid #PandorasTaleWiki #RainverseWiki #queer #mathematician #webcomic #MusicalTheater #musicals #AroAce #trans #enby #ActuallyAutistic #Spoonie #ActuallyAnosmic
Math teachers when I was a kid: Write down every step. Show your work!
Math teachers today: Use WebAssign, which only evaluates whether you have the right answer in the exact right format and doesn't even give you a space to write down your process.
I've taught coordinated classes where students have both paper assignments and WebAssign. I've watched students carefully write down every step when doing a problem on paper, only to see the exact same students struggle to do everything in their head when they try to answer a question on WebAssign.
Something about sitting in front of a laptop looking at the answer box leads them to not want to write down their steps. I don't know why: I'm not a psychologist. But I do know that the habits students are getting from WebAssign is really bad for doing math.
#FuckWebAssign #TeachingMath
