Delta-K,  Research,  Volume 42, Issue 1

A Little on the Lighter Side!-and Beyond?

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 42 Issue 1, December 2004

25 -26

A Little on the Lighter Side!-and Beyond?

Werner Liedtke

Over the years, I have concluded some of my courses’ final examinations by asking the students to write, for two marks, a couplet, rhyme or pun about mathematics teaching and learning. The option of printing “The End” is also presented, but many students take the opportunity to write something. I am always amazed at their creativity. When the request has not been part of the exam, students have asked, “What, no poem?” or have written one anyway.