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Words of Wisdom for homework problems Misc
By Emil Volcheck
Posted Mon Aug 30, 2004 at 01:29:29 AM PDT
One book's exercise is another book's example.

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Here's a quote I heard from a colleague who was remarking that it's valuable to consult multiple textbooks on the same subject when doing exercises or solving homework problems:

One book's exercise is another book's example.

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[new] This is also useful ... (none / 0) (#1)
by overconvergent on Mon Aug 30, 2004 at 08:45:02 AM PDT

... for preparing your lecture notes, when your course textbook says "this is an exercise".


[new] My personal source of examples... (none / 0) (#2)
by kroth on Tue Aug 31, 2004 at 08:12:59 AM PDT

... for teaching when I don't feel like making them up myself. Unassigned homework problems (espcially the chapter reviews and even numbers)



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