I have glanced through your document. I do not find it easy to read nor easy to understand.
Using combinations of operations are probably not easy for anyone to understand as a first task. I guess your example on page 2 could be a good starting point but instead of doing it combined to brake it down into steps. Use individual math operations and translate them into similar J operations. 2009/4/22 Don Watson <[email protected]> > Blank I have a challenge. > > I am interested in using the J system for experiential use in elementary > and secondary school Mathematics. It has many advantages, including free > availability for education. > > . However, no one would claim it is easy for teachers to learn J. What I > have done in this paper is describe a language - called S, for school - > that > seems to be closer to Mathematics and needs no tacit programming form. It > should be easier to lean and more easily parallel mathematical formulae. > The > idea is that S be an option sitting on top of the J system. it is described > in a paper at: > > http://members.shaw.ca/dwawatson/s.doc > > The description contains a lot of "why". I found that I learned J more > easily when I asked "why". I also describe in the same form why tacit > programming works the way it does. This helped when I tried to outline > procedures for turning S into J and vice-versa. > > The challenge for those who know J a lot better than I do is to more > accurately describe the procedures needed. It may require restrictions in > order to work. > > I apologize for not using the Wiki. My generation was not brought up to > understand instructions. Few things used to have complexity. > > Thanks, > > Don Watson > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
