The Torch or The Firehose: A Guide to Section Teaching
RES.18-004 · Mathematics · Undergraduate · Spring 2009
Prof. Arthur Mattuck
<p>“<em>Getting an education at MIT is like trying to drink from a firehose.</em>”</p> <p>— folk saying</p> <p><em>The Torch or The Firehose: A Guide to Section Teaching</em>, by MIT Mathematics Professor Arthur Mattuck, is a guide to recitation teaching at MIT. During a typical recitation section, a teaching assistant (TA) meets with a small group of students to review the most recent lecture, expand on the concepts, work through practice problems, and conduct a discussion with the students. W…
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Prof. Arthur Mattuck. RES.18-004 The Torch or The Firehose: A Guide to Section Teaching. Spring 2009. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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