Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of essays is an outgrowth of the widespread interest shown in sessions of contributed papers on writing given at the 1988 and 1989 Annual Meetings of the MAA. Many of the 30 authors of the essays included in this volume participated in those sessions and each has considerable experience in requiring students to write about mathematics.;Included in this volume are essays that: remind professors how frequently mathematicians are asked to write; a theoretical framework by which to assess writing assignments; practical examples of assignments that work.
