Archive for December, 2007
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Ole Thomassen Hjortland:
Masochist that I am, I went and took “Applied Calculus”, even though I’d gotten approval to count my previous semester of calculus (about 8 years ago) as fulfilling the mathematics requirement for graduation. The “applied” in the title …
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
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Ole Thomassen Hjortland:. “I was poorly prepared for the rigors of Drexel’s calculus program out of high school and I took time out to brush up on it before continuing at a more reasonably priced institution.” That would have affected …
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
48facets:
Learn the principles of construction by using math skills. Experiment with scale and size, symmetry and reflection and staggering versus stacking. Use LEGO materials to build houses with removable roofs and more. …
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
jd2718:
I’ve caught myself doodling on an exam paper before (years ago), but THIS is definitely a unique Calculus question! read more | digg story.
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
unknown:
They help companies quickly track what is selling, help control inventory and even take away the necessity for the employee to have the basic math skills need to make change should someone actually use cash. They do everything but get …
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Elona:
Here is a nifty algebra tutorial. I don’t need it for homeschool, yet; however, I may just brush up on it and try college algebra again!! ; )
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
unknown:
A simple algebra problem with a funny ending.
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
unknown:
In this Cardplayer interview with Russ ?Dutch’ Boyd, Dutch tell how ABC and predictably the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year plays. (That’s our own Tom Schneider for those of you with normal lives) Bad read, Dutch, bad read (eyes rolling). …
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
unknown:
I don’t know if this ties in with the idea of a seamless whole, but it has occurred to me that discrete skills are needed first before one can appreciate the connectedness of math. Without these concrete skills, math is more like a …
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
unknown:
So I worked it into my day-before-vacation algebra lesson, and duplicated it for an algebra class I covered (but only started for the last algebra class of the day, since we had to leave for the holiday talent show) …
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