On the distance between a teacher and a class

• David Nelson ^[1]
  1. [1] Manchester University

     Manchester University

     Township of Washington, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Teaching mathematics and its applications, ISSN 0268-3679, Vol. 26, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 89-94
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The main aim of this article is to explore models of a teacher addressing a class sitting in a rectangular classroom or lecture theatre and derive central measures of the distance between the teacher and the class or between a lecturer and an audience. This involves an interesting range of mathematics and two metrics. A secondary aim is to discuss according to several criteria the optimization of the position chosen by a teacher when addressing a class. Thus, in this article, mathematics is applied to its teaching.