Archive for August 2010
Computational media: the universal acid of mathematics teaching (7)
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: August 4, 2010
Is synthetic division of polynomials something all students should be expected to be able to do proficiently? Gizem Karaali (Pomona College) and Bruce Yoshiwara (Los Angeles Pierce College) have an informative and thoughtful article on the use of Wolfram|Alpha in teaching and learning mathematics. They ask a number of specific questions, stimulated by student and […]
A problem of proportion
Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: August 3, 2010
Tanya Khovanova posted a short and perceptive review of, and recommendation for, Richard Rusczyk’s book “Introduction to Algebra“. She was surprised to find the book apparently free of errors: “I didn’t find any flaws in it — not in the first 15 minutes, and not even in the first hour. In fact, having used the […]
