Introduction, due on January 7

I, Sarah Hinton, am a Junior in the Math Education major.

The post-calculus math courses I have taken are Math 290, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra.

I am taking this class to fulfill a requirement for my major in order to graduate. Additionally, this class will help expand my knowledge and understanding of mathematics.

One teacher that I had was not a very effective teacher in the sense that I probably could have learned more by spending that hour each day of class in the math lab doing my homework than by sitting through his lectures. During class he would write illegibly at lightning speed on the board and regurgitate the theorems and examples from the textbook. It felt like his goal was to get through the material, instead of getting the material through his students. I wish he could have been more personable and interested in finding out the level of understanding amongst his students (via asking if we understood, offering office hours, having a TA for the class, going a little slower).

I am working on memorizing the digits of pi, and I love to ballroom dance, cook, and play tennis. I do not have a cell phone or a facebook page. :)

MWF: 9-10, 10-11, or 12-1