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This essay was published first in the AWM Newsletter in Fall 2021. Suggested citation: Lai, Y. (2021, Sep/Oct). Please, Do Tell. Newsletter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, 51(5), 17–20. “Be a guide on the side, not a sage on the stage.” “Ask, don’t tell.” “Math is not a spectator sport.” “Lecturing is educationalContinue reading “Please, Do Tell”

This essay was first published in the Newsletter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, Fall 2022. Suggested citation: Lai, Y. (2022, Sep/Oct). Making mathematical claims. AWM Newsletter 52(5), 24–27. How many non-congruent quadrilaterals can you make with vertices in the 9-dot square grid shown below? How would you organize those quadrilaterals into categories?[1] WhatContinue reading “Making Mathematical Claims”